3rd Independent Sponsors Summit

About The Conference

As investors seek greater transparency and control over their capital, independent sponsors have taken the opportunity to step into the role left by shifts in the private equity industry since the recession and shop for deals and returns individually. Both capital providers and independent sponsors are looking for better control in their investments, and these partnerships have begun to take on new life beside traditional funds that have limited LP liquidity and clarity on investments in the past. iGlobal Forum is pleased to present the 3rdIndependent Sponsors Summit, taking place in New York on April 19th and 20th to cover the most up-to-date developments and trends in the independent sponsor model. This event will act as an educational platform, as well as a forum for connecting both sides of the industry and provide one-on-one networking opportunities. We will discuss developments in fundraising and deal sourcing strategies, as well as the expectations on returns for 2016 in a changing private equity environment. This Summit will bring together over 150 senior-level professionals from both sides of the industry to find the best way capital providers and independent sponsors can work together.

Key Topics Covered

Follow industry trends in the independent sponsor model and find the best deal opportunities

Understanding the different needs of independent sponsors and capital providers, and creating mutually beneficial and stable relationships

Building out an independent sponsor business from the ground up

Alternatives and value-add opportunities capital providers are looking for

Breakout sessions understanding the two sides of the marketplace and what to expect from each other

One-on-one pre-arranged networking opportunities to help attendees make mutually beneficial business connections

Richard M. Powell

Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director

APC HOLDINGS, LLC

Mr. Powell is the Co-Founder and Sr. Managing Director of APC Holdings (APCH). The firm’s portfolio companies, current and prior, have been recognized as leaders in a variety of supply chain sectors, and generate annual revenues in excess of US $2.0 billion and employ over 10,000 people around the globe. One of the companies grew from $70 million in revenue upon acquisition to $1.4 billion in less than 6 years, making it the fastest growing billion-dollar MBE built by minority owners and executives, in US history. Prior to forming APC in 2003, Mr. Powell worked in the Emerging Markets Group at Bear Stearns. Mr. Powell’s key strengths include raising capital, selling to large corporations, board level management and e-business strategies. He has worked on a variety of transactions including: Leveraged Buyouts, Debt Financings, Initial Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Equity & Credit Derivatives. Mr. Powell is also Chairman of The RMP Group, and oversees the strategic vision for the firm’s diverse philanthropic interests. Mr. Powell currently serves on a number of boards, including Acility LLC, eServices LLC, VMBS, and ACG Orlando. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Central Florida, the Andover Alumni Association and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He was named one of the “40 under 40” influential leaders in mergers & acquisitions by the M&A Advisor, and was featured in various business media outlets including CNBC, Inc. magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2009) in recognition of his commitment to positive social change. Mr. Powell graduated with an AB in Economics from Harvard University, as a Robert Winthrop Scholar. He has done research with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on Economic Development, completed coursework at MIT Sloan and management programs at Harvard Business School.

David Panton

CEO

PANTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS

Dr. David Panton has 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience and has sourced, structured, managed, and/or invested in over 20 lower middle market transactions with a total enterprise value of over $5.0 billion. He started his career as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) group at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1998, he co-founded and became managing partner of the Caribbean Investment Fund, a $50 million private equity firm in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2004, David became a vice president of Mellon Ventures, the $1.4 billion private equity firm arm of Mellon Financial. In 2007, he co-founded and was a partner of Navigation Capital Partners, a $350 million private equity firm in Atlanta, where he remains a shareholder.

David is an Adjunct Professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he teaches a course in private equity investing. He is also the Chairman of the Jamaica-Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Board of Trustees of Holy Innocent’s Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA; and a director of the Carlos Museum at Emory.

David is a member of Tiger 21, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2012). He was named by Buyouts Magazine as “One of Eight Buyout Pros Under 40 to Watch” and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the “40 Under 40″ Rising Stars.

He received a D.Phil. in Management Studies from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; a J.D. from Harvard Law School (with honors), where he was elected President of the Harvard Law Review; and an A.B. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (with high honors). He also holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a public company director credentialing organization.

David was born and raised in Jamaica, where he served as a Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. He is the proud father of two sons, Alexander and Ailan.

Claudine M. Cohen

Principal - Transactional Advisory Services

COHNREZNICK LLP

Claudine Cohen is a principal in CohnReznick’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Transactional Advisory Services (TAS) practice. With over 20 years of business experience, she serves as an advisor to public and private companies both domestically and internationally. Her clients include private equity investors, alternative investment funds, lenders, and strategic investors.

Claudine’s specific advisory services include strategic advisory, quality of earnings analyses, identifying revenue sources and profitability drivers, examining operating cost structures and sustainability factors, investigating business models including cash flow and financial projections, reviewing quality and realization of assets and liabilities, identifying working capital requirements and negotiating positions, and post-close working capital verification and adjustment mechanisms. She has advised on a number of different buy and sell-side transactions including standalone platforms, carve-out of business segments, product line or facility, bankruptcy auction processes, mergers, and industry consolidations.

Prior to joining CohnReznick, Claudine served as the TAS principal at a large accounting and advisory firm. She led the TAS healthcare industry group while also serving other industry sectors including consumer industrial products, retail, distribution, and business and financial services. She began her career in public accounting with PKF, was an advisor for Micofin Corporate Services, and was a founding partner of Nucleus Corporate Finance, a corporate and strategic advisory boutique in South Africa.

Dan Negrea

Managing Partner

MTN CAPITAL PARTNERS

Dan Negrea is a managing partner with MTN Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Negrea co-founded MTN Capital Partners in 2003 and the firm began investing in 2004. Since then, MTN and its portfolio companies have been involved in acquisitions totaling over $500 million.

Before MTN, Mr. Negrea was an investment banker for 20 years. He held senior positions in leveraged finance at Drexel Burnham, Bear Stearns, Chase Securities, and ING Barings. At ING Barings, he served as head of high yield capital markets

During his career, Mr. Negrea worked with companies in almost every industry and has raised over $15 billion in capital through a variety of financial instruments including high yield bonds, senior secured notes, bank loans, mezzanine loans, and equity securities.

Mr. Negrea is a director of two MTN portfolio companies: Revolution Dancewear and JSI Store Fixtures. He is a former director of The Orthotic Group and Kings Supermarkets.

Mr. Negrea has an M.B.A. from Cornell University and an M.A. in International Finance from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Richard Baum

Managing Partner

CONSUMER GROWTH PARTNERS

Mr. Baum is the Managing Partner of Consumer Growth Partners (CGP), a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and branded consumer products companies. Prior to founding CGP in 2005, Mr. Baum spent more than fifteen years as a sell-side equity research analyst with Sanford Bernstein, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse where he was consistently ranked among the industry leaders in the annual Institutional Investor and Greenwich Associates polls. Mr. Baum led fifteen IPO and Secondary offerings for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Cabela’s, Fila, Gymboree, Life Time Fitness, Talbots, Urban Outfitters, Yankee Candle Company and Zale Corporation.

Mr. Baum serves as Chairman of the Board of Harris Originals, Inc. and as a Board Director for Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA). He is also a Board Member of ACG New York and RMS (formerly the Retail Marketing Society.) Mr. Baum earned a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan where he graduated magna cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a JD degree from Harvard Law School.

Steve Reinstadtler

Partner

SR CAPITAL ADVISORS

SR Capital Advisors is an independent sponsor of private equity investments with a focus on the media, telecommunications, health care and business services sectors. To learn more about SR Capital, please visit www.sr-capital.com.

Prior to co-founding SR Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was Managing Director and Co-Head of TD Capital’s New York office. TD Capital was the $1.9B private equity arm of TD Bank Financial Group. Prior to joining TD Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was a Director with TD Bank’s Communications Finance Group, which was one of the leading providers of senior debt to the media and telecommunications sectors.

Mr. Reinstadtler holds a Masters of Science from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Zubin Avari

General Partner

CHARTER OAK EQUITY

Zubin has been with Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor fund since 1998. He serves on the boards of Cirtec, Brook & Whittle, Shelter Logic, and Sinteris. In his tenure at Charter Oak Equity, Zubin has served various operational roles at portfolio companies including roles such as executive chairman and interim CFO. Prior to joining Charter Oak Equity, he was at Crowe Chizek (now Crowe Horwath) as a CPA in their audit, tax and mergers and acquisition departments. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Accounting

Sylvie Gadant

Partner – Transaction Advisory Services

CITRIN COOPERMAN

Sylvie Gadant is a partner with the firm’s Private Equity Group and is the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice leader. She coordinates and leads buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements for private equity firms and strategic buyers. Sylvie has advised clients on over 200 transactions valued between $5 million and $300 million, including platform investments, add-on acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, carve-outs, and minority investments. Her areas of expertise include analyzing an acquisition target’s quality of earnings, understanding key performance indicators, assessing working capital requirements, and identifying key deal issues and risk areas. She also provides her clients with guidance on accounting for mergers and acquisitions, and works with legal counsel on the drafting of purchase and sale agreements, focusing on purchase price adjustment mechanisms, and financial statement representations. Sylvie is a frequent speaker, panelist and moderator for various industry forums. Sylvie is a recipient of the 2013 M&A Advisor “40 Under 40” award. A French native, Sylvie earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business in Bordeaux, France. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the States of New York and New Jersey.

One-on-One Networking Session. Alongside the networking break, the event will be running a series of pre-arranged concise meetings, where independent sponsors and capital providers will connect and evaluate the potential for mutual business endeavors. (Pre-registration is required to attend this session.)

Parsing the different sides of the capital stack, and what each group is looking for in a partnership with independent sponsors

How fundraising has changed, and what capital providers are looking for in the deals brought by independent sponsors

Relationships with independent sponsors in the face of a downturn market

What capital providers expect to pay in fees, and negotiating terms

Strategies for differentiating your investments while also following through on the due diligence needed per each deal

Dan Farrell

Chairman & CEO

PRIVOS CAPITAL

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global multi-family office LP (MFO) with offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Privos partners with single family offices, multi-family offices, Arab merchant families, and royal family offices, their funds, foundations, asset management firms, and portfolio companies, in all leading international financial centers, as well as in the BRICS, N-11, and the Frontier Countries of the Emerging Markets. Privos Capital’s core business is working with our firm’s family office LP partners on all aspects of their world-wide investments and expansionist activities by entering into strategic alliances, joint ventures, direct and co-investment opportunities with other international family office LPs around the world. We are active across most sectors, including financial services, fashion, art, real estate, energy (oil and gas, LNG, LPG, wind, solar, and alternative energy), healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, aviation, consumer products, manufacturing, maritime, shipping, technology, mining, metals, power, private equity, sovereigns, media, technology, agriculture, and infrastructure. In Los Angeles, we focus on entertainment, gaming, and film financing. Our London offices serves as the hub for our European and Arab family offices. Privos is a fiercely independent and privately held firm. We do not manage money, nor do we sell or market investment products, securities, or fund products. Rather, as family office LP investors, we work globally with our family office partners (SFO, MFO, HNWI, UHNWI) who are invested across diverse classes, including private equity, secondaries, hedge funds, distressed, and venture capital, as well as foundations, philanthropy, ESG, SRI and impact investors. Mr. Farrell has lived and worked in the US, London, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a thought leader and one of the leading experts on global family offices. Mr. Farrell is a frequent sought after speaker at international private equity, hedge fund, ESG, and family office conferences around the world, including Opal, Capital Roundtable, AVCJ Hong Kong and the Harvard Club in New York City, Responsible Investor, IMN, and IvyFon. He has been featured and quoted extensively in Bloomberg.com and the financial press. Prior to joining Privos, Mr. Farrell was a partner at an international law firm. Mr. Farrell is based in the firm’s New York office. He is married with four sons two of whom attend Phillips Exeter Academy, where Mr. Farrell has served as a mentor and student club advisor.

James Darnell

Partner

KLH CAPITAL

James, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions, due diligence, financial analysis, and portfolio management at KLH Capital. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and is responsible for all SBIC compliance. He serves on the board of directors for all KLH portfolio companies and is directly responsible for overseeing Data Display Systems and Atchafalaya Measurement, Inc. Before joining KLH, he served as CFO and interim CEO at Recovery Holdings, LLC, a BPO provider to banks and auto finance companies. Earlier, James spent more than five years as a senior associate with Founders Investment Banking. James graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Finance and a minor in Economics.

Justin Kaplan

Partner

BALANCE POINT CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Kaplan joined BPCP as a Partner in 2013. Prior to joining BPCP, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President for BNY Mellon Alcentra Mezzanine Partners, where he was responsible for transaction sourcing, deal execution and the monitoring of portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan was a member of the investment committee and served on the boards of directors of several portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan began his career in the investment banking group of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, an independent investment bank and private equity fund specializing in the media industry, where he completed more than 25 corporate finance and private equity related transactions totaling over $2.0 billion in aggregate deal value. Mr. Kaplan received his B.A. from Cornell University and was awarded a Cornell Fellowship Scholarship.

Ira Starr

Partner

LONG POINT CAPITAL

Ira co-founded Long Point Capital in 1998 to focus on private equity investments in founder and family-owned companies. He has served as a general partner of four private equity funds and has provided M&A advisory services on transactions with total values of over $5 billion. In addition to managing multiple private equity funds, Ira has operated as an independent sponsor and understand the advantages and challenges of the independent sponsor business model.

Ira is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on the use of private equity in ESOP transactions, and on private equity investing in the building products, home products and professional services industries.

Prior to MLGA, Ira served as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and as a strategy consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Ira earned a BSE in Engineering from Princeton University, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ira works in Lon Point Capital’s New York office and can be reached at 212-593-1800 or istarr@longpointcapital.com.

John A. Rogers

Partner

PEPPER HAMILTON LLP

John A. Rogers is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the New York office. Mr. Rogers engages in a broad range of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund transactional matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, investments, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and CLOs. In addition to working with traditional private equity funds, Mr. Rogers has developed a specific suite of legal services for independent private equity sponsors that revolves around: • cost-efficient, partner-level single point of interaction for all facets of a transaction, including acquisition, operating agreement and financing elements • experience with the dynamics of family-owned businesses and closely held companies • high level contributions to deal execution, including preparing working capital adjustments and earn-out structures, modeling distribution waterfalls and reviewing debt covenant compliance projections. Mr. Rogers also serves as a primary corporate legal adviser to middle market companies. Acting as an outsourced general counsel or supplementing in-house capabilities, he handles a wide range of strategic and commercial legal matters, such as commercial agreements (including license agreements), resolution of commercial disputes and a wide variety of employment and compensation matters. Mr. Rogers also has significant experience in several other corporate areas, such as fund formations, real estate joint ventures and business divorces.

Prior to joining Pepper, Mr. Rogers was a partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York where he led their private equity efforts. He also helped co-found a premier Family Office Practice at Herrick and is an active participant in the family office community. Mr. Rogers began his legal career at Shearman & Sterling LLP as a member of their capital markets group, focusing on securities offerings and, subsequently, as a member of their M&A group. He also worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP, focusing on representation of venture capital firms and companies in the technology, media, life sciences and entertainment industries. Mr. Rogers served as an editorial board member of the 2010-2011 Thomson Reuters PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study. Mr. Rogers earned his law degree, cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996 and his B.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1992. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Hear from both sides to discuss the process for building an independent sponsor relationship, and what each side is looking for from the other

Learn the value in the direct investment strategy, and how these relationships provide you with better available deal opportunities

The process for appointing operating partners and a board of directors in each new investment

Negotiating mutually agreeable terms for a long-standing relationship on both sides

Finding the right partner for each deal – which type of capital provider is best suited for each deal structure?

Kevin Fechtmeyer

Managing Partner

CAVE CREEK CAPITAL

Mr. Fechtmeyer is a Founder and Managing Partner of Cave Creek Capital with over 25 years of experience in the Private Equity business. Mr. Fechtmeyer has funded more than 30 platform companies with more than $1 billion of equity and has completed hundreds of acquisitions during his career, resulting in average sales and profit growth of the companies during his ownership of over 300%. Previously, he was with The Shattan Group, a leading merchant bank focused on private equity placements and manager of TSG Co-Investors LLC, an affiliated private equity fund. He was also a Founding Member of the Private Equity placement groups at Prudential Securities, Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Mr. Fechtmeyer began his career in Merrill Lynch Capital Market’s Merchant Banking Department. He was previously an auditor and CPA at Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Fechtmeyer graduated from the University of Arizona in 1985 and received his MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in 1989.

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb

Partner

CENTRIPETAL CAPITAL PARTNERS

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb has over 35 years of experience developing, implementing and financing growth and turnaround strategies for companies ranging from small and medium sized enterprises to Fortune 100 companies. After graduating from Brown University, Mr. Brodlieb began his career in 1973 as a financial analyst for Chase Manhattan bank. He subsequently joined a NY area retail furniture chain as Vice President of Finance and Operations in which position he streamlined operations and implemented several successful customer retention and cost reduction programs. In 1977, Mr. Brodlieb left that firm to pursue an MBA at the Harvard Business School. After receiving his degree, Mr. Brodlieb joined American Television and Communications (a division of Time Inc.) in 1980 and launched PREVIEW, a subscription television company, which under his leadership became the nation’s fastest growing subscription television operation. In 1982, he created and started The Learning Adventure (TLA), a Boston-based educational network offering mini-courses to the young professional market in New England. Mr. Brodlieb, in 1985 having sold TLA, joined the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s foremost management consulting firms. At BCG, Mr. Brodlieb worked with clients to improve corporate value and competitiveness, focusing on strategic management, customer service operations and new ventures to middle market clients. In 1988, he was recruited by GE Capital as part of a newly created turnaround buyout group, which called upon Mr. Brodlieb’ s combined experience in strategy, operations and finance. Mr. Brodlieb returned to independent consulting and private investment advisory in 1992 as well as participating as principal in entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Brodlieb joined SGC Advisory Services in 2001 and became a Director in 2002. Together with SGC’s founder Steven Chrust, he created and launched Centripetal Capital Partners in 2004, joining forces with E. Bulkeley “Buck” Griswold and Steve Rossetter of L&L Capital. Since that time Centripetal Capital (www.CentriCap.com) has invested over $95 million of growth capital to early stage companies in a broad range of industries providing opportunity to entrepreneurs, jobs to talented people, quality goods and services to consumers and businesses and return to investors.

Joel Nied

Partner

PRICE BENOWITZ LLP

Joel advises independent sponsors on all aspects of their business, from the founder relationships, to acquisitions and divestitures, to investor negotiations for both debt and equity financing. Industry agnostic, Mr. Nied has handled the acquisition and sale of a wide variety of businesses, including real estate-heavy long term care, SAAS providers, medical products, medical device manufacturers, and even a minor league baseball franchise.

He also serves as general counsel to the companies acquired by his clients. He drafts employment agreements and incentive plans, negotiates leases and vendor and customer contracts, and coordinates the services of other legal, accounting, and tax advisers.

Roger Knight

Founder, Managing Partner

LAKEWOOD CAPITAL

Roger Knight is Managing Partner of Lakewood Capital, a firm specializing in control, middle market private equity investments. Prior to founding Lakewood, Roger was Managing Director of Ardshiel, Inc., a $150 million private equity firm, whose funding was provided by GE Asset Management. Roger is the former Chairman of Eliason Corporation, a $650 million specialty traffic door manufacturer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic Healthcare Services and VSIGlobal, two portfolio companies of Lakewood Capital, and Head of the NY office of Coopers & Lybrand Securities. Roger received his B.A. Economics from Trinity College, and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Charles J. Downey

Partner

FINN DIXON & HERLING

Chuck Downey practices in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, among other areas of corporate law. He also represents hedge funds and other entities in connection with securities law issues, PIPE transactions and other matters.

These sessions will provide you with a unique opportunity to discuss the most pertinent business trends in the independent sponsor industry with your peers. These sessions are designed to open the conversation to attendees, allow you to share your expertise with a group of your peers on the most relevant topics to you, and give you a chance to directly interact with the experts leading the sector. Choose between one of the following sessions:

Roundtable 1

BUILDING OUT AN INDEPENDENT SPONSOR BUSINESS

Closing your first transaction: how to make your business stand out

The importance of relationships with investors

Strategies in deal sourcing

Understanding the development of fundraising, and effectively managing it deal-by-deal

The process and strategies of taking a broker fee

Regulatory developments, and what to expect going forward in 2016

Steven Marcus

Managing Member

RAINBOW CAPITAL

Steven Marcus is the founder and Managing Director of Rainbow Capital, LLC, a financial sponsor of “control” only private equity transactions with “early” middle market companies. The firm was founded in 2002 and to date has completed two acquisitions: (1) - the buyout of a distributor of industrial packaging products located in New Jersey (exited in 2014) and (2) – the purchase of an extruder and fabricator of aluminum products located in New England. In addition, Rainbow Capital initiated a growth financing for a New England based formalwear rental business. Prior to his private equity endeavors Mr. Marcus worked in the High Yield Bond market for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Smith Barney, Inc., PaineWebber, Inc. and L.F. Rothschild, Inc. Mr. Marcus holds an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. in Accounting from the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University.

Richard Erickson

Co-Founder

RED OAK GROWTH PARTNERS

Richard Erickson is a Founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Growth Partners. A proven technology executive and investor with almost 30 years of experience, Richard previously served as a General Partner with Updata Partners, a $450 million growth equity investment fund focused on market leading software, internet and business services companies. While at Updata, he was involved in a host of investments including serving on the Board of Directors for Acclaris, Jobs2Web (sold to SAP/Successfactors), Redvision, Interactions and RES Software. He currently serves as the Chairman of Acuant and on the Board of Directors for NexusTek and Clarke Group. Prior to Updata Partners, Rich held numerous positions as a technology executive over a 20 year plus operating career at industry leading public and private Software and Services companies including Alphanet Solutions (ALPH-NASDAQ) – sold to Ciber (CBR-NYSE) in 2003, iXL (IXL-NASDAQ) – sold to Scient (SCNT-NASDAQ) in 2001, Excelan (EXLN-NASDAQ), and Digital Network Associates. These deep operating experiences as an entrepreneur, senior executive and CEO provide a unique perspective in adding value to high growth companies. Rich graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Christopher B. Eichmann

Managing Partner

PILLSMAN PARTNERS

Chris has worked with lower middle-market owners and companies for his entire career in multiple capacities, industries and geographies. He is currently active on the board of directors of Squan, SST Conveyor, and Bristol ID Technologies. Prior to starting Pillsman Partners, LLC, Chris led corporate development and strategic finance at Curtis Instruments, a global designer and assembler of power management and industrial vehicle components, while participating in all aspects of company operations and strategy. At Curtis he led bank and investor relationships, oversaw acquisition development, and managed new partnerships. Chris also initiated several leadership development programs as part of a broader succession planning effort. Prior to Curtis, Chris worked in domestic private equity at Hamilton Robinson, focused on originating investments in and around industrial instrumentation and fluid control markets. Earlier in his career he worked in Latin American private equity, banking (credit and lending), and asset management for Baring Private Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase, and Compass Group Chile. Chris's industry experience includes business services, highly engineered products and processes, light manufacturing, consumer products, and food.

Mr. Eichmann earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in Finance and Management. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Lake Forest College.

Choosing the right deal partner and developing that relationship for future opportunities

Areas of interest providing the best returns so far in 2016

How different types of capital providers can most effectively get involved in the independent sponsor model

Michael J. Revord

Managing Director

ALDINE CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Revord is a founding member of Aldine Capital Partners, Inc. the Manager of two junior capital Funds with a total of over $275 million under management. Prior to founding Aldine Capital Partners in 2005, Mr. Revord was a senior executive with Banc One Mezzanine Corporation (“BOMC”), the mezzanine finance arm of Bank One. In 1997, Mr. Revord was named President of ANB Mezzanine, the predecessor company to BOMC. Mr. Revord serves on the Board of Directors of KW Services LLC, Lanair Products LLC, Quality Control Corporation, Brunk LLC, and Design Tanks, LLC. He is also a former two-term Board Member of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (now the Small Business Investors Alliance). He is involved in community activities as an Active Member of The Springboard Foundation, as a Board Member of LINK Unlimited Scholars, and is involved with The Gift of Adoption Fund.

Philip McNeill

Learn which sectors are providing the best returns and opportunities most easily applied to the independent sponsor model

Current value-add and opportunistic investment opportunities

Focus on the lower middle market, under the radar of the traditional private equity model

Discuss how to find the off-the-run opportunities to negotiate a lower price point and find the best returns

Sourcing deals in a downturn market

Monty Yort

Managing Partner

GenNX360 CAPITAL PARTNERS

Monty has been a private equity investor for over 20 years. Targeting the middle market, he has led numerous acquisitions and recapitalizations totaling over $3 billion. Monty is currently a Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners responsible for all investment activities of the firm. Prior to GenNx360, Monty was a Managing Partner of Schroder Ventures (New York) and a Principal of Aurora Capital Group (Los Angeles). Prior to this, Monty worked in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers Inc.

Michael Carrazza

Chief Executive Officer

SOLAIA CAPITAL ADVISORS

Mr. Carrazza is Chief Executive Officer of Solaia Capital. He has more than 20 years of operating and investing experience and is most recently credited for having architected the rescue and turnaround of Patriot National Bank, and the relaunch of The Bank of Ireland’s former U.S. Asset-Based Lending business as Siena Lending Group. Mr. Carrazza has sponsored transactions in the financial services, industrial, manufacturing, business services, equipment rental, media, technology, and aviation sectors. Previously, Mr. Carrazza led the financing and restructuring of Mitchell Madison Group and served on the firm’s Executive Team, where he assisted in the firm’s global expansion and subsequent sale. He began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mr. Carrazza currently serves as Chairman of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. and Siena Capital Finance. He earned his MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and studied at The Juilliard School.

Steven Beckett

Partner

PENINSULA CAPITAL FUNDS

Steven Beckett is a partner at Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, a mezzanine and structured equity investment firm founded in 1995, that is currently investing capital from its $400 million Fund VI. Mr. Beckett joined Peninsula shortly after its founding and is responsible for originating and managing investments. He has been involved in all of its 100 investments that total over $1 billion and has been the lead investment professional over 30 investments. Prior to joining Peninsula, he worked as a senior lender, specializing in loan restructurings and work outs for Societe Generale and Citibank. He has Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic and an MBA from Duke University.

Jim Hill

Jim Hill is the Vice Chairman of Benesch, Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group, an Executive Committee Member and an active and practicing member of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Jim also served as Benesch's Managing Partner from 1999-2007 and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He focuses his active practice on publicly and privately held growth companies in addition to representing equity funds, mezzanine funds and family offices. He primarily handles mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of equity, and public and private offerings of debt. He also works with companies as to strategies both for organic and acquisitive growth and potential exit or recapitalization; whether they are sponsored or nonsponsored as to ownership. He enjoys working with family owned businesses as he grew up in a family owned building materials manufacturing business.

Key dealmakers deconstruct and examine the steps in ensuring the success of this high profile deal. We will be examining the deal in the form of a case study, and highlighting the most important aspects in negotiating mutually beneficial terms. Learn how to apply the strategies from this successful transaction to your own deal structures.

Mark G. Fornasiero

Managing Partner

CLARENDON GROUP

Mark co-founded Clarendon Group in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member, C-level executive, and management consultant focused on the transportation and logistics market space. Mark has sourced six Clarendon investments, and those that have been divested have produced a combined IRR over 35%. Mark conceived RoadLink, an intermodal logistics consolidation vehicle, as Clarendon’s first investment and worked with his Clarendon partners to organize and co-found the company in 2000. Following RoadLink’s formation, he guided the investment as a RoadLink board member and shareholder representative and served as CFO/SVP Finance & Acquisitions, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Strategy Officer during his tenure. Over the course of his decade of RoadLink involvement, Mark executed over 25 acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and debt/equity financings comprising over $350 million of transaction value. Before launching Clarendon, Mark was a senior manager in the Transportation Management Consulting Practice of A.T. Kearney, where he led engagements in strategic development, M&A and profit improvement for transportation and private equity clients. Mark received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received a BS in Operations Research and BA in Economics from Cornell University where he graduated with highest honors.

Baron Carlson

Partner

AEA INVESTORS

Baron joined AEA in 2004 as a member of the Small Business Fund team and was promoted to Partner in 2011. He currently serves as a board member of Aramsco, Colony Hardware, Dayton Parts, Evans, Fluid Flow, Galco, SBP and Troxell Communications. He also served on the boards of former AEA portfolio companies Implus Footcare, In the Swim, PLZ Aeroscience and Sextant Education.

Sedic Ampanas

Transactional Advisory Services- Director

COHNREZNICK LLP

Sedic Ampanas, CPA, a director with CohnReznick’s Transactional Advisory Services group. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the financial due diligence efforts, representing potential buyers and sellers. Areas of due diligence include assessment of quality of earnings, identification of non-recurring items to earnings, working capital analyses and performance of other deal specific procedures. He also has experience preparing and reviewing financial projections and analyzed financial models.

Sedic has more than seventeen years of due diligence and audit experience in various industries including manufacturing and distribution, trucking and third-party logistics, broker dealers, mortgage originators and other financial services related companies. He has experience evaluating deal issues such as quality of earnings, revenue recognition, working capital determination, carve-out considerations and other purchase price and deal related issues.

Keynote Speakers

Richard M. Powell

Mr. Powell is the Co-Founder and Sr. Managing Director of APC Holdings (APCH). The firm’s portfolio companies, current and prior, have been recognized as leaders in a variety of supply chain sectors, and generate annual revenues in excess of US $2.0 billion and employ over 10,000 people around the globe. One of the companies grew from $70 million in revenue upon acquisition to $1.4 billion in less than 6 years, making it the fastest growing billion-dollar MBE built by minority owners and executives, in US history. Prior to forming APC in 2003, Mr. Powell worked in the Emerging Markets Group at Bear Stearns. Mr. Powell’s key strengths include raising capital, selling to large corporations, board level management and e-business strategies. He has worked on a variety of transactions including: Leveraged Buyouts, Debt Financings, Initial Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Equity & Credit Derivatives. Mr. Powell is also Chairman of The RMP Group, and oversees the strategic vision for the firm’s diverse philanthropic interests. Mr. Powell currently serves on a number of boards, including Acility LLC, eServices LLC, VMBS, and ACG Orlando. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Central Florida, the Andover Alumni Association and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He was named one of the “40 under 40” influential leaders in mergers & acquisitions by the M&A Advisor, and was featured in various business media outlets including CNBC, Inc. magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2009) in recognition of his commitment to positive social change. Mr. Powell graduated with an AB in Economics from Harvard University, as a Robert Winthrop Scholar. He has done research with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on Economic Development, completed coursework at MIT Sloan and management programs at Harvard Business School.

David Panton

CEO

PANTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS

Dr. David Panton has 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience and has sourced, structured,

Dr. David Panton has 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience and has sourced, structured, managed, and/or invested in over 20 lower middle market transactions with a total enterprise value of over $5.0 billion. He started his career as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) group at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1998, he co-founded and became managing partner of the Caribbean Investment Fund, a $50 million private equity firm in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2004, David became a vice president of Mellon Ventures, the $1.4 billion private equity firm arm of Mellon Financial. In 2007, he co-founded and was a partner of Navigation Capital Partners, a $350 million private equity firm in Atlanta, where he remains a shareholder.

David is an Adjunct Professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he teaches a course in private equity investing. He is also the Chairman of the Jamaica-Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Board of Trustees of Holy Innocent’s Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA; and a director of the Carlos Museum at Emory.

David is a member of Tiger 21, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2012). He was named by Buyouts Magazine as “One of Eight Buyout Pros Under 40 to Watch” and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the “40 Under 40″ Rising Stars.

He received a D.Phil. in Management Studies from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; a J.D. from Harvard Law School (with honors), where he was elected President of the Harvard Law Review; and an A.B. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (with high honors). He also holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a public company director credentialing organization.

David was born and raised in Jamaica, where he served as a Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. He is the proud father of two sons, Alexander and Ailan.

Speakers

David Acharya

Partner

AGI PARTNERS LLC

David Acharya is a Partner at AGI Partners LLC, an alternative investment management firm that deploys capital in

David Acharya is a Partner at AGI Partners LLC, an alternative investment management firm that deploys capital in private equity investments and special situation opportunities from its funds. In 2014, AGI earned ACG NY’s Private Equity Firm of the Year and was a Deal of the Year Finalist. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of Aura XM, Inc., a leading provider of experiential marketing solutions for global clients and a portfolio company of AGI Partners LLC. Prior to his private equity investing career, he spent 10 years as an investment banker in the highly ranked leveraged finance groups of JP Morgan Chase and Toronto Dominion Securities where he advised, structured and raised over $18 billion of capital for leading financial sponsors, media, telecom, consumer product and other various companies across the globe. He also advised clients on debt tender/consent transactions that affected over $4 billion in debt. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of the ACG NY Chapter, the premier association in New York City for middle market deal making professionals. Also, he is a member of the Advisory Board of The Sport Source. Mr. Acharya holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees, both conferred with honors, from St. John’s University.

Baron Carlson

Partner

AEA INVESTORS

Baron joined AEA in 2004 as a member of the Small Business Fund team and was promoted to Partner in 2011. He

Baron joined AEA in 2004 as a member of the Small Business Fund team and was promoted to Partner in 2011. He currently serves as a board member of Aramsco, Colony Hardware, Dayton Parts, Evans, Fluid Flow, Galco, SBP and Troxell Communications. He also served on the boards of former AEA portfolio companies Implus Footcare, In the Swim, PLZ Aeroscience and Sextant Education.

Mark G. Fornasiero

Managing Partner

CLARENDON GROUP

Mark co-founded Clarendon Group in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member,

Mark co-founded Clarendon Group in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member, C-level executive, and management consultant focused on the transportation and logistics market space. Mark has sourced six Clarendon investments, and those that have been divested have produced a combined IRR over 35%. Mark conceived RoadLink, an intermodal logistics consolidation vehicle, as Clarendon’s first investment and worked with his Clarendon partners to organize and co-found the company in 2000. Following RoadLink’s formation, he guided the investment as a RoadLink board member and shareholder representative and served as CFO/SVP Finance & Acquisitions, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Strategy Officer during his tenure. Over the course of his decade of RoadLink involvement, Mark executed over 25 acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and debt/equity financings comprising over $350 million of transaction value. Before launching Clarendon, Mark was a senior manager in the Transportation Management Consulting Practice of A.T. Kearney, where he led engagements in strategic development, M&A and profit improvement for transportation and private equity clients. Mark received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received a BS in Operations Research and BA in Economics from Cornell University where he graduated with highest honors.

Dan Negrea

Dan Negrea is a managing partner with MTN Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Negrea co-founded MTN Capital Partners in 2003 and the firm began investing in 2004. Since then, MTN and its portfolio companies have been involved in acquisitions totaling over $500 million.

Before MTN, Mr. Negrea was an investment banker for 20 years. He held senior positions in leveraged finance at Drexel Burnham, Bear Stearns, Chase Securities, and ING Barings. At ING Barings, he served as head of high yield capital markets

During his career, Mr. Negrea worked with companies in almost every industry and has raised over $15 billion in capital through a variety of financial instruments including high yield bonds, senior secured notes, bank loans, mezzanine loans, and equity securities.

Mr. Negrea is a director of two MTN portfolio companies: Revolution Dancewear and JSI Store Fixtures. He is a former director of The Orthotic Group and Kings Supermarkets.

Mr. Negrea has an M.B.A. from Cornell University and an M.A. in International Finance from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Douglas Song

Managing Partner

PRODOS CAPITAL

Mr. Song has a diverse background with over 25 years in principal investments, investment banking and operational

Mr. Song has a diverse background with over 25 years in principal investments, investment banking and operational experience. Mr. Song is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Prodos Capital Management (“PCM”), an investment firm focused on investmentsin the lower middle market. Prior to PCM, Mr. Song was the head of investments and corporate finance for Verus International, a boutique merchant banking firm that was co-founded by Citigroup. At Verus, Mr. Song led investments in both private and public companies in the emerging growth and middle market. Prior to Verus, Mr. Song was SVP of Corporate Development at On2 Technologies. At On2, Mr. Song led all aspects of strategic planning, financial analysis, mergers & acquisitions, financings and the capital markets. Prior to joining On2, Song was a Managing Director at Bluestone Capital Partners, where he was a senior banker and a manager in that firm's Corporate Finance Department. At BlueStone, Mr. Song was responsible for the execution of public offerings and private placements as well as merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Song was a member of BlueStone's Management Committee and Commitment Committee. Previously, he held positions as an investment banker at Smith Barney in the Global Energy and Power Group and Chase Manhattan Bank in the Workout and M&A Groups. During his career as an investment banker, Mr. Song has executed over a billion dollars in public offerings, private placements, cross border mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings transactions. Mr. Song received a B.S. Degree from the School of Management at Boston University.

Dan Farrell

Chairman & CEO

PRIVOS CAPITAL

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global multi-family office LP (MFO) with offices in the

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global multi-family office LP (MFO) with offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Privos partners with single family offices, multi-family offices, Arab merchant families, and royal family offices, their funds, foundations, asset management firms, and portfolio companies, in all leading international financial centers, as well as in the BRICS, N-11, and the Frontier Countries of the Emerging Markets. Privos Capital’s core business is working with our firm’s family office LP partners on all aspects of their world-wide investments and expansionist activities by entering into strategic alliances, joint ventures, direct and co-investment opportunities with other international family office LPs around the world. We are active across most sectors, including financial services, fashion, art, real estate, energy (oil and gas, LNG, LPG, wind, solar, and alternative energy), healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, aviation, consumer products, manufacturing, maritime, shipping, technology, mining, metals, power, private equity, sovereigns, media, technology, agriculture, and infrastructure. In Los Angeles, we focus on entertainment, gaming, and film financing. Our London offices serves as the hub for our European and Arab family offices. Privos is a fiercely independent and privately held firm. We do not manage money, nor do we sell or market investment products, securities, or fund products. Rather, as family office LP investors, we work globally with our family office partners (SFO, MFO, HNWI, UHNWI) who are invested across diverse classes, including private equity, secondaries, hedge funds, distressed, and venture capital, as well as foundations, philanthropy, ESG, SRI and impact investors. Mr. Farrell has lived and worked in the US, London, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a thought leader and one of the leading experts on global family offices. Mr. Farrell is a frequent sought after speaker at international private equity, hedge fund, ESG, and family office conferences around the world, including Opal, Capital Roundtable, AVCJ Hong Kong and the Harvard Club in New York City, Responsible Investor, IMN, and IvyFon. He has been featured and quoted extensively in Bloomberg.com and the financial press. Prior to joining Privos, Mr. Farrell was a partner at an international law firm. Mr. Farrell is based in the firm’s New York office. He is married with four sons two of whom attend Phillips Exeter Academy, where Mr. Farrell has served as a mentor and student club advisor.

Marc C. Bergschneider

Managing Member

STARBOARD CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a

Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a Director of JPC Holdings, LLC and chairs the Board of Managers of CV Properties, LLC. Marc was a past Chairman of WHI Solutions, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Jan-Pro Holdings, LLC. Prior to co-founding Starboard, Marc was Chairman and CEO of National Fairways, LLC. Earlier in his career, Marc was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham, Lehman Brothers, and Kidder Peabody. Marc graduated with a BA from Brown University and has a MBA from The University of Chicago. He is currently a Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, Chairman of the Brown University Rowing Association, and is a past director of the National Rowing Foundation.

Richard Erickson

Co-Founder

RED OAK GROWTH PARTNERS

Richard Erickson is a Founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Growth Partners. A proven technology executive and

Richard Erickson is a Founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Growth Partners. A proven technology executive and investor with almost 30 years of experience, Richard previously served as a General Partner with Updata Partners, a $450 million growth equity investment fund focused on market leading software, internet and business services companies. While at Updata, he was involved in a host of investments including serving on the Board of Directors for Acclaris, Jobs2Web (sold to SAP/Successfactors), Redvision, Interactions and RES Software. He currently serves as the Chairman of Acuant and on the Board of Directors for NexusTek and Clarke Group. Prior to Updata Partners, Rich held numerous positions as a technology executive over a 20 year plus operating career at industry leading public and private Software and Services companies including Alphanet Solutions (ALPH-NASDAQ) – sold to Ciber (CBR-NYSE) in 2003, iXL (IXL-NASDAQ) – sold to Scient (SCNT-NASDAQ) in 2001, Excelan (EXLN-NASDAQ), and Digital Network Associates. These deep operating experiences as an entrepreneur, senior executive and CEO provide a unique perspective in adding value to high growth companies. Rich graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Justin Kaplan

Partner

BALANCE POINT CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Kaplan joined BPCP as a Partner in 2013. Prior to joining BPCP, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President for BNY

Mr. Kaplan joined BPCP as a Partner in 2013. Prior to joining BPCP, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President for BNY Mellon Alcentra Mezzanine Partners, where he was responsible for transaction sourcing, deal execution and the monitoring of portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan was a member of the investment committee and served on the boards of directors of several portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan began his career in the investment banking group of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, an independent investment bank and private equity fund specializing in the media industry, where he completed more than 25 corporate finance and private equity related transactions totaling over $2.0 billion in aggregate deal value. Mr. Kaplan received his B.A. from Cornell University and was awarded a Cornell Fellowship Scholarship.

Dave Jensen

Director

COMMONFUND CAPITAL

Mr. Jensen, Director, joined Commonfund Capital in 2013 to work primarily on the firm’s U.S. private equity

Mr. Jensen, Director, joined Commonfund Capital in 2013 to work primarily on the firm’s U.S. private equity programs, while also contributing to the Latin America, venture capital, natural resources, and distressed capital teams. He is presently a member of the advisory boards of several private capital limited partnerships. Prior to joining Commonfund Capital, Mr. Jensen was a Vice President at Portfolio Advisors, LLC, a global private equity fund-of-funds and advisory firm based in Darien, CT. During his tenure at Portfolio Advisors, he served as a non- voting supporting member of the Partnership’s Investment Committee and conducted due diligence, recommended, and invested in private capital funds including private equity, venture capital, and special situations/distressed debt opportunities in developed and emerging markets. Mr. Jensen was a member of the Emerging Markets team and led all Latin American investment activities. Previously, Mr. Jensen was a Summer Associate for Morgan Stanley’s Private Bank in New York City and Pelion Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Prior to his M.B.A., he worked in the medical device industry for Stryker Endoscopy and played professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals organization. Mr. Jensen received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University.

James Darnell

Partner

KLH CAPITAL

James, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions, due

James, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions, due diligence, financial analysis, and portfolio management at KLH Capital. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and is responsible for all SBIC compliance. He serves on the board of directors for all KLH portfolio companies and is directly responsible for overseeing Data Display Systems and Atchafalaya Measurement, Inc. Before joining KLH, he served as CFO and interim CEO at Recovery Holdings, LLC, a BPO provider to banks and auto finance companies. Earlier, James spent more than five years as a senior associate with Founders Investment Banking. James graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Finance and a minor in Economics.

Steven Beckett

Steven Beckett is a partner at Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, a mezzanine and structured equity investment firm founded in 1995, that is currently investing capital from its $400 million Fund VI. Mr. Beckett joined Peninsula shortly after its founding and is responsible for originating and managing investments. He has been involved in all of its 100 investments that total over $1 billion and has been the lead investment professional over 30 investments. Prior to joining Peninsula, he worked as a senior lender, specializing in loan restructurings and work outs for Societe Generale and Citibank. He has Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic and an MBA from Duke University.

Richard Baum

Mr. Baum is the Managing Partner of Consumer Growth Partners (CGP), a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and branded consumer products companies. Prior to founding CGP in 2005, Mr. Baum spent more than fifteen years as a sell-side equity research analyst with Sanford Bernstein, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse where he was consistently ranked among the industry leaders in the annual Institutional Investor and Greenwich Associates polls. Mr. Baum led fifteen IPO and Secondary offerings for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Cabela’s, Fila, Gymboree, Life Time Fitness, Talbots, Urban Outfitters, Yankee Candle Company and Zale Corporation.

Mr. Baum serves as Chairman of the Board of Harris Originals, Inc. and as a Board Director for Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA). He is also a Board Member of ACG New York and RMS (formerly the Retail Marketing Society.) Mr. Baum earned a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan where he graduated magna cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a JD degree from Harvard Law School.

Ira Starr

Partner

LONG POINT CAPITAL

Ira co-founded Long Point Capital in 1998 to focus on private equity investments in founder and family-owned

Ira co-founded Long Point Capital in 1998 to focus on private equity investments in founder and family-owned companies. He has served as a general partner of four private equity funds and has provided M&A advisory services on transactions with total values of over $5 billion. In addition to managing multiple private equity funds, Ira has operated as an independent sponsor and understand the advantages and challenges of the independent sponsor business model.

Ira is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on the use of private equity in ESOP transactions, and on private equity investing in the building products, home products and professional services industries.

Prior to MLGA, Ira served as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and as a strategy consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Ira earned a BSE in Engineering from Princeton University, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ira works in Lon Point Capital’s New York office and can be reached at 212-593-1800 or istarr@longpointcapital.com.

Christopher B. Eichmann

Managing Partner

PILLSMAN PARTNERS

Chris has worked with lower middle-market owners and companies for his entire career in multiple capacities,

Chris has worked with lower middle-market owners and companies for his entire career in multiple capacities, industries and geographies. He is currently active on the board of directors of Squan, SST Conveyor, and Bristol ID Technologies. Prior to starting Pillsman Partners, LLC, Chris led corporate development and strategic finance at Curtis Instruments, a global designer and assembler of power management and industrial vehicle components, while participating in all aspects of company operations and strategy. At Curtis he led bank and investor relationships, oversaw acquisition development, and managed new partnerships. Chris also initiated several leadership development programs as part of a broader succession planning effort. Prior to Curtis, Chris worked in domestic private equity at Hamilton Robinson, focused on originating investments in and around industrial instrumentation and fluid control markets. Earlier in his career he worked in Latin American private equity, banking (credit and lending), and asset management for Baring Private Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase, and Compass Group Chile. Chris's industry experience includes business services, highly engineered products and processes, light manufacturing, consumer products, and food.

Mr. Eichmann earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in Finance and Management. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Lake Forest College.

Steven Marcus

Managing Member

RAINBOW CAPITAL

Steven Marcus is the founder and Managing Director of Rainbow Capital, LLC, a financial sponsor of “control”

Steven Marcus is the founder and Managing Director of Rainbow Capital, LLC, a financial sponsor of “control” only private equity transactions with “early” middle market companies. The firm was founded in 2002 and to date has completed two acquisitions: (1) - the buyout of a distributor of industrial packaging products located in New Jersey (exited in 2014) and (2) – the purchase of an extruder and fabricator of aluminum products located in New England. In addition, Rainbow Capital initiated a growth financing for a New England based formalwear rental business. Prior to his private equity endeavors Mr. Marcus worked in the High Yield Bond market for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Smith Barney, Inc., PaineWebber, Inc. and L.F. Rothschild, Inc. Mr. Marcus holds an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. in Accounting from the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University.

Michael Carrazza

Chief Executive Officer

SOLAIA CAPITAL ADVISORS

Mr. Carrazza is Chief Executive Officer of Solaia Capital. He has more than 20 years of operating and investing

Mr. Carrazza is Chief Executive Officer of Solaia Capital. He has more than 20 years of operating and investing experience and is most recently credited for having architected the rescue and turnaround of Patriot National Bank, and the relaunch of The Bank of Ireland’s former U.S. Asset-Based Lending business as Siena Lending Group. Mr. Carrazza has sponsored transactions in the financial services, industrial, manufacturing, business services, equipment rental, media, technology, and aviation sectors. Previously, Mr. Carrazza led the financing and restructuring of Mitchell Madison Group and served on the firm’s Executive Team, where he assisted in the firm’s global expansion and subsequent sale. He began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mr. Carrazza currently serves as Chairman of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. and Siena Capital Finance. He earned his MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and studied at The Juilliard School.

Michael J. Revord

Managing Director

ALDINE CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Revord is a founding member of Aldine Capital Partners, Inc. the Manager of two junior capital Funds with a

Mr. Revord is a founding member of Aldine Capital Partners, Inc. the Manager of two junior capital Funds with a total of over $275 million under management. Prior to founding Aldine Capital Partners in 2005, Mr. Revord was a senior executive with Banc One Mezzanine Corporation (“BOMC”), the mezzanine finance arm of Bank One. In 1997, Mr. Revord was named President of ANB Mezzanine, the predecessor company to BOMC. Mr. Revord serves on the Board of Directors of KW Services LLC, Lanair Products LLC, Quality Control Corporation, Brunk LLC, and Design Tanks, LLC. He is also a former two-term Board Member of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (now the Small Business Investors Alliance). He is involved in community activities as an Active Member of The Springboard Foundation, as a Board Member of LINK Unlimited Scholars, and is involved with The Gift of Adoption Fund.

Nitin Gupta

Partner

CASPIAN PRIVATE EQUITY

Mr. Gupta is a Partner. He serves as Caspian’s lead investment professional for direct investments and is a

Mr. Gupta is a Partner. He serves as Caspian’s lead investment professional for direct investments and is a member of its Investment and Executive Committees. Mr. Gupta joined Caspian in 2008. Prior to Caspian, Mr. Gupta was a Principal at Westbury Partners. At Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence and serving on the board of portfolio companies. Prior to Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was a Senior Associate at Saunders Karp & Megrue, where he was responsible for due diligence, with a particular focus on healthcare and retail investments. Prior to Saunders Karp & Megrue, Mr. Gupta was an Associate at McCown De Leeuw & Company, where he was responsible for due diligence and, buy and build strategy across a number of industries including business services, industrial, and manufacturing. Prior to McCown DeLeeuw & Company, Mr. Gupta was an analyst in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch & Company where he completed a number of buy-side transactions for certain Fortune 500 companies. He earned his BS at New York University and MBA at Harvard Business School. Mr. Gupta serves as a Board member/observer for Red Hawk Fire and Security, OnCourse Learning and Foundation Partners, each a portfolio company of a fund(s) managed by Caspian.

Kevin Fechtmeyer

Managing Partner

CAVE CREEK CAPITAL

Mr. Fechtmeyer is a Founder and Managing Partner of Cave Creek Capital with over 25 years of experience in the

Mr. Fechtmeyer is a Founder and Managing Partner of Cave Creek Capital with over 25 years of experience in the Private Equity business. Mr. Fechtmeyer has funded more than 30 platform companies with more than $1 billion of equity and has completed hundreds of acquisitions during his career, resulting in average sales and profit growth of the companies during his ownership of over 300%. Previously, he was with The Shattan Group, a leading merchant bank focused on private equity placements and manager of TSG Co-Investors LLC, an affiliated private equity fund. He was also a Founding Member of the Private Equity placement groups at Prudential Securities, Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Mr. Fechtmeyer began his career in Merrill Lynch Capital Market’s Merchant Banking Department. He was previously an auditor and CPA at Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Fechtmeyer graduated from the University of Arizona in 1985 and received his MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in 1989.

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb

Partner

CENTRIPETAL CAPITAL PARTNERS

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb has over 35 years of experience developing, implementing and financing growth and turnaround

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb has over 35 years of experience developing, implementing and financing growth and turnaround strategies for companies ranging from small and medium sized enterprises to Fortune 100 companies. After graduating from Brown University, Mr. Brodlieb began his career in 1973 as a financial analyst for Chase Manhattan bank. He subsequently joined a NY area retail furniture chain as Vice President of Finance and Operations in which position he streamlined operations and implemented several successful customer retention and cost reduction programs. In 1977, Mr. Brodlieb left that firm to pursue an MBA at the Harvard Business School. After receiving his degree, Mr. Brodlieb joined American Television and Communications (a division of Time Inc.) in 1980 and launched PREVIEW, a subscription television company, which under his leadership became the nation’s fastest growing subscription television operation. In 1982, he created and started The Learning Adventure (TLA), a Boston-based educational network offering mini-courses to the young professional market in New England. Mr. Brodlieb, in 1985 having sold TLA, joined the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s foremost management consulting firms. At BCG, Mr. Brodlieb worked with clients to improve corporate value and competitiveness, focusing on strategic management, customer service operations and new ventures to middle market clients. In 1988, he was recruited by GE Capital as part of a newly created turnaround buyout group, which called upon Mr. Brodlieb’ s combined experience in strategy, operations and finance. Mr. Brodlieb returned to independent consulting and private investment advisory in 1992 as well as participating as principal in entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Brodlieb joined SGC Advisory Services in 2001 and became a Director in 2002. Together with SGC’s founder Steven Chrust, he created and launched Centripetal Capital Partners in 2004, joining forces with E. Bulkeley “Buck” Griswold and Steve Rossetter of L&L Capital. Since that time Centripetal Capital (www.CentriCap.com) has invested over $95 million of growth capital to early stage companies in a broad range of industries providing opportunity to entrepreneurs, jobs to talented people, quality goods and services to consumers and businesses and return to investors.

Steve Reinstadtler

Partner

SR CAPITAL ADVISORS

SR Capital Advisors is an independent sponsor of private equity investments with a focus on the media,

SR Capital Advisors is an independent sponsor of private equity investments with a focus on the media, telecommunications, health care and business services sectors. To learn more about SR Capital, please visit www.sr-capital.com.

Prior to co-founding SR Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was Managing Director and Co-Head of TD Capital’s New York office. TD Capital was the $1.9B private equity arm of TD Bank Financial Group. Prior to joining TD Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was a Director with TD Bank’s Communications Finance Group, which was one of the leading providers of senior debt to the media and telecommunications sectors.

Mr. Reinstadtler holds a Masters of Science from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Michael A. Teplitsky

Managing Director

WYNNCHURCH CAPITAL

Michael Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch Capital in 2008. Michael has over a decade of experience in private equity

Michael Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch Capital in 2008. Michael has over a decade of experience in private equity investing and corporate finance, as well as in investment origination and portfolio management. Michael focuses on the diversified industries sector including business services, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and natural resources. He has significant experience in energy and power services and equipment industries. Michael was involved in the execution of several Wynnchurch investments including NSC Minerals, Northstar Aerospace, U.S. Pipe, and Votaw Precision Technologies. Michael also supports Wynnchurch’s investment into Wynnchurch Industries, a diversified holding company deploying a “buy, grow, and hold” strategy in the engineered industrial products segment. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Michael was with Lime Rock Partners, the $6 billion global private equity fund, where he was involved in the execution of numerous basic materials sector investments across North America and Europe. Michael began his career at UBS in its Investment Banking Department in New York, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions and financings across various industries. Michael holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management.

Monty Yort

Managing Partner

GenNX360 CAPITAL PARTNERS

Monty has been a private equity investor for over 20 years. Targeting the middle market, he has led numerous

Monty has been a private equity investor for over 20 years. Targeting the middle market, he has led numerous acquisitions and recapitalizations totaling over $3 billion. Monty is currently a Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners responsible for all investment activities of the firm. Prior to GenNx360, Monty was a Managing Partner of Schroder Ventures (New York) and a Principal of Aurora Capital Group (Los Angeles). Prior to this, Monty worked in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers Inc.

John A. Rogers

Partner

PEPPER HAMILTON LLP

John A. Rogers is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the

John A. Rogers is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the New York office. Mr. Rogers engages in a broad range of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund transactional matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, investments, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and CLOs. In addition to working with traditional private equity funds, Mr. Rogers has developed a specific suite of legal services for independent private equity sponsors that revolves around: • cost-efficient, partner-level single point of interaction for all facets of a transaction, including acquisition, operating agreement and financing elements • experience with the dynamics of family-owned businesses and closely held companies • high level contributions to deal execution, including preparing working capital adjustments and earn-out structures, modeling distribution waterfalls and reviewing debt covenant compliance projections. Mr. Rogers also serves as a primary corporate legal adviser to middle market companies. Acting as an outsourced general counsel or supplementing in-house capabilities, he handles a wide range of strategic and commercial legal matters, such as commercial agreements (including license agreements), resolution of commercial disputes and a wide variety of employment and compensation matters. Mr. Rogers also has significant experience in several other corporate areas, such as fund formations, real estate joint ventures and business divorces.

Prior to joining Pepper, Mr. Rogers was a partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York where he led their private equity efforts. He also helped co-found a premier Family Office Practice at Herrick and is an active participant in the family office community. Mr. Rogers began his legal career at Shearman & Sterling LLP as a member of their capital markets group, focusing on securities offerings and, subsequently, as a member of their M&A group. He also worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP, focusing on representation of venture capital firms and companies in the technology, media, life sciences and entertainment industries. Mr. Rogers served as an editorial board member of the 2010-2011 Thomson Reuters PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study. Mr. Rogers earned his law degree, cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996 and his B.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1992. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Sylvie Gadant

Partner – Transaction Advisory Services

CITRIN COOPERMAN

Sylvie Gadant is a partner with the firm’s Private Equity Group and is the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS)

Sylvie Gadant is a partner with the firm’s Private Equity Group and is the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice leader. She coordinates and leads buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements for private equity firms and strategic buyers. Sylvie has advised clients on over 200 transactions valued between $5 million and $300 million, including platform investments, add-on acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, carve-outs, and minority investments. Her areas of expertise include analyzing an acquisition target’s quality of earnings, understanding key performance indicators, assessing working capital requirements, and identifying key deal issues and risk areas. She also provides her clients with guidance on accounting for mergers and acquisitions, and works with legal counsel on the drafting of purchase and sale agreements, focusing on purchase price adjustment mechanisms, and financial statement representations. Sylvie is a frequent speaker, panelist and moderator for various industry forums. Sylvie is a recipient of the 2013 M&A Advisor “40 Under 40” award. A French native, Sylvie earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business in Bordeaux, France. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the States of New York and New Jersey.

Claudine M. Cohen

Principal - Transactional Advisory Services

COHNREZNICK LLP

Claudine Cohen is a principal in CohnReznick’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Transactional

Claudine Cohen is a principal in CohnReznick’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Transactional Advisory Services (TAS) practice. With over 20 years of business experience, she serves as an advisor to public and private companies both domestically and internationally. Her clients include private equity investors, alternative investment funds, lenders, and strategic investors.

Claudine’s specific advisory services include strategic advisory, quality of earnings analyses, identifying revenue sources and profitability drivers, examining operating cost structures and sustainability factors, investigating business models including cash flow and financial projections, reviewing quality and realization of assets and liabilities, identifying working capital requirements and negotiating positions, and post-close working capital verification and adjustment mechanisms. She has advised on a number of different buy and sell-side transactions including standalone platforms, carve-out of business segments, product line or facility, bankruptcy auction processes, mergers, and industry consolidations.

Prior to joining CohnReznick, Claudine served as the TAS principal at a large accounting and advisory firm. She led the TAS healthcare industry group while also serving other industry sectors including consumer industrial products, retail, distribution, and business and financial services. She began her career in public accounting with PKF, was an advisor for Micofin Corporate Services, and was a founding partner of Nucleus Corporate Finance, a corporate and strategic advisory boutique in South Africa.

Charles J. Downey

Partner

FINN DIXON & HERLING

Chuck Downey practices in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, among other

Chuck Downey practices in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, among other areas of corporate law. He also represents hedge funds and other entities in connection with securities law issues, PIPE transactions and other matters.

Jim Hill

Jim Hill is the Vice Chairman of Benesch, Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group, an Executive Committee Member

Jim Hill is the Vice Chairman of Benesch, Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group, an Executive Committee Member and an active and practicing member of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Jim also served as Benesch's Managing Partner from 1999-2007 and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He focuses his active practice on publicly and privately held growth companies in addition to representing equity funds, mezzanine funds and family offices. He primarily handles mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of equity, and public and private offerings of debt. He also works with companies as to strategies both for organic and acquisitive growth and potential exit or recapitalization; whether they are sponsored or nonsponsored as to ownership. He enjoys working with family owned businesses as he grew up in a family owned building materials manufacturing business.

Sedic Ampanas

Transactional Advisory Services- Director

COHNREZNICK LLP

Sedic Ampanas, CPA, a director with CohnReznick’s Transactional Advisory Services group. In this capacity, he is

Sedic Ampanas, CPA, a director with CohnReznick’s Transactional Advisory Services group. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the financial due diligence efforts, representing potential buyers and sellers. Areas of due diligence include assessment of quality of earnings, identification of non-recurring items to earnings, working capital analyses and performance of other deal specific procedures. He also has experience preparing and reviewing financial projections and analyzed financial models.

Sedic has more than seventeen years of due diligence and audit experience in various industries including manufacturing and distribution, trucking and third-party logistics, broker dealers, mortgage originators and other financial services related companies. He has experience evaluating deal issues such as quality of earnings, revenue recognition, working capital determination, carve-out considerations and other purchase price and deal related issues.

Joel Nied

Partner

PRICE BENOWITZ LLP

Joel advises independent sponsors on all aspects of their business, from the founder relationships, to

Joel advises independent sponsors on all aspects of their business, from the founder relationships, to acquisitions and divestitures, to investor negotiations for both debt and equity financing. Industry agnostic, Mr. Nied has handled the acquisition and sale of a wide variety of businesses, including real estate-heavy long term care, SAAS providers, medical products, medical device manufacturers, and even a minor league baseball franchise.

He also serves as general counsel to the companies acquired by his clients. He drafts employment agreements and incentive plans, negotiates leases and vendor and customer contracts, and coordinates the services of other legal, accounting, and tax advisers.

Roger Knight

Roger Knight is Managing Partner of Lakewood Capital, a firm specializing in control, middle market private equity investments. Prior to founding Lakewood, Roger was Managing Director of Ardshiel, Inc., a $150 million private equity firm, whose funding was provided by GE Asset Management. Roger is the former Chairman of Eliason Corporation, a $650 million specialty traffic door manufacturer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic Healthcare Services and VSIGlobal, two portfolio companies of Lakewood Capital, and Head of the NY office of Coopers & Lybrand Securities. Roger received his B.A. Economics from Trinity College, and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Zubin Avari

General Partner

CHARTER OAK EQUITY

Zubin has been with Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor fund since 1998. He serves on the boards of Cirtec,

Zubin has been with Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor fund since 1998. He serves on the boards of Cirtec, Brook & Whittle, Shelter Logic, and Sinteris. In his tenure at Charter Oak Equity, Zubin has served various operational roles at portfolio companies including roles such as executive chairman and interim CFO. Prior to joining Charter Oak Equity, he was at Crowe Chizek (now Crowe Horwath) as a CPA in their audit, tax and mergers and acquisition departments. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Accounting

Philip McNeill

PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOP A

APPLYING THE CO-INVESTMENT MODEL TO INDEPENDENT SPONSOR DEALS

This workshop will cover the intricacies and opportunities involved in the co-investment model when applied in conjunction with independent sponsor deals. Here we will discuss:

Typical percentage of investment by the independent sponsor vs. the capital provider

Discuss how the structure of the deal varies in co-investment comparatively

Negotiating terms in a co-investment vs. the independent sponsor model

The importance of the operator role in each individual deal

Opportunistic sectors that are providing the best opportunities in the co-investment model

This is an interactive workshop, and will give independent sponsors and capital providers information on applying co-investment opportunities to the independent sponsor model, while also creating a networking opportunity between you and your peers interested in structuring these deals.

Dave Jensen

Director

COMMONFUND CAPITAL

Mr. Jensen, Director, joined Commonfund Capital in 2013 to work primarily on the firm’s U.S. private equity programs, while also contributing to the Latin America, venture capital, natural resources, and distressed capital teams. He is presently a member of the advisory boards of several private capital limited partnerships. Prior to joining Commonfund Capital, Mr. Jensen was a Vice President at Portfolio Advisors, LLC, a global private equity fund-of-funds and advisory firm based in Darien, CT. During his tenure at Portfolio Advisors, he served as a non- voting supporting member of the Partnership’s Investment Committee and conducted due diligence, recommended, and invested in private capital funds including private equity, venture capital, and special situations/distressed debt opportunities in developed and emerging markets. Mr. Jensen was a member of the Emerging Markets team and led all Latin American investment activities. Previously, Mr. Jensen was a Summer Associate for Morgan Stanley’s Private Bank in New York City and Pelion Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Prior to his M.B.A., he worked in the medical device industry for Stryker Endoscopy and played professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals organization. Mr. Jensen received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University.

Nitin Gupta

Partner

CASPIAN PRIVATE EQUITY

Mr. Gupta is a Partner. He serves as Caspian’s lead investment professional for direct investments and is a member of its Investment and Executive Committees. Mr. Gupta joined Caspian in 2008. Prior to Caspian, Mr. Gupta was a Principal at Westbury Partners. At Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence and serving on the board of portfolio companies. Prior to Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was a Senior Associate at Saunders Karp & Megrue, where he was responsible for due diligence, with a particular focus on healthcare and retail investments. Prior to Saunders Karp & Megrue, Mr. Gupta was an Associate at McCown De Leeuw & Company, where he was responsible for due diligence and, buy and build strategy across a number of industries including business services, industrial, and manufacturing. Prior to McCown DeLeeuw & Company, Mr. Gupta was an analyst in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch & Company where he completed a number of buy-side transactions for certain Fortune 500 companies. He earned his BS at New York University and MBA at Harvard Business School. Mr. Gupta serves as a Board member/observer for Red Hawk Fire and Security, OnCourse Learning and Foundation Partners, each a portfolio company of a fund(s) managed by Caspian.

PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOP B

The independent sponsor model is contingent on the existence of relationships between both sides of the industry. This workshop will cover the importance of building these relationships and give you insight into:

Negotiating mutually beneficial terms on each unique deal

Understanding the independent sponsor fee structure

Learning what both capital providers and independent sponsors are looking for in a relationship

Discussing the deal sourcing process, and the due diligence required to ensure the success for each deal

Exploring which sectors and markets are providing the best opportunities for independent sponsors in sourcing deals and generating returns

This will be an interactive, boardroom-style session, providing the opportunity for networking alongside the discussion of the topic. Learn how your peers are successfully developing these relationships, and meet other professionals looking to do the same.

David Acharya

Partner

AGI PARTNERS LLC

David Acharya is a Partner at AGI Partners LLC, an alternative investment management firm that deploys capital in private equity investments and special situation opportunities from its funds. In 2014, AGI earned ACG NY’s Private Equity Firm of the Year and was a Deal of the Year Finalist. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of Aura XM, Inc., a leading provider of experiential marketing solutions for global clients and a portfolio company of AGI Partners LLC. Prior to his private equity investing career, he spent 10 years as an investment banker in the highly ranked leveraged finance groups of JP Morgan Chase and Toronto Dominion Securities where he advised, structured and raised over $18 billion of capital for leading financial sponsors, media, telecom, consumer product and other various companies across the globe. He also advised clients on debt tender/consent transactions that affected over $4 billion in debt. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of the ACG NY Chapter, the premier association in New York City for middle market deal making professionals. Also, he is a member of the Advisory Board of The Sport Source. Mr. Acharya holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees, both conferred with honors, from St. John’s University.

Michael A. Teplitsky

Managing Director

WYNNCHURCH CAPITAL

Michael Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch Capital in 2008. Michael has over a decade of experience in private equity investing and corporate finance, as well as in investment origination and portfolio management. Michael focuses on the diversified industries sector including business services, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and natural resources. He has significant experience in energy and power services and equipment industries. Michael was involved in the execution of several Wynnchurch investments including NSC Minerals, Northstar Aerospace, U.S. Pipe, and Votaw Precision Technologies. Michael also supports Wynnchurch’s investment into Wynnchurch Industries, a diversified holding company deploying a “buy, grow, and hold” strategy in the engineered industrial products segment. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Michael was with Lime Rock Partners, the $6 billion global private equity fund, where he was involved in the execution of numerous basic materials sector investments across North America and Europe. Michael began his career at UBS in its Investment Banking Department in New York, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions and financings across various industries. Michael holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management.

PRE-SUMMIT NETWORKING SESSIONS

ONE-ON-ONE STRUCTURED NETWORKING

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Tuesday April 19, 2016 | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Join us for our speed networking series in this exclusive part of the program. Here you will sign up for concise and focused one-on-one meetings between independent sponsors and capital providers, and have the chance to connect and evaluate potential mutual business opportunities and partnerships.

We will provide you with information on all of the other participants to allow you to choose the most relevant and focused meetings during this time on site. This part of the program is a unique and focused way to help you establish relevant new contacts and generate fresh business opportunities.

LUNCHEON WORKSHOP

BUILDING OUT YOUR BUSINESS: SUCCESSFULLY UNCOVERING & CLOSING NEW DEALS

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Wednesday April 20, 2016 | 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm

This workshop will cover the challenges associated with the disconnect between independent sponsors and capital providers, and work through how to successfully find and execute a new deal in such a disconnected industry. Here we will cover:

Attracting attention to your business without preexisting partners

Developing your business from the ground-up

Sourcing affordable deals in an overcrowded environment

Closing the deal with a LOI

Finding the right partner for the deal to ensure success for you, the investor, and the business

Mastering the process of a quick turnaround

You will leave here with a newfound understanding on how to apply these skills to your own business, and new connections with your peers looking to build our their businesses, the experts who have done so themselves, and capital providers looking for direct investment opportunities.

Douglas Song

Managing Partner

PRODOS CAPITAL

Mr. Song has a diverse background with over 25 years in principal investments, investment banking and operational experience. Mr. Song is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Prodos Capital Management (“PCM”), an investment firm focused on investmentsin the lower middle market. Prior to PCM, Mr. Song was the head of investments and corporate finance for Verus International, a boutique merchant banking firm that was co-founded by Citigroup. At Verus, Mr. Song led investments in both private and public companies in the emerging growth and middle market. Prior to Verus, Mr. Song was SVP of Corporate Development at On2 Technologies. At On2, Mr. Song led all aspects of strategic planning, financial analysis, mergers & acquisitions, financings and the capital markets. Prior to joining On2, Song was a Managing Director at Bluestone Capital Partners, where he was a senior banker and a manager in that firm's Corporate Finance Department. At BlueStone, Mr. Song was responsible for the execution of public offerings and private placements as well as merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Song was a member of BlueStone's Management Committee and Commitment Committee. Previously, he held positions as an investment banker at Smith Barney in the Global Energy and Power Group and Chase Manhattan Bank in the Workout and M&A Groups. During his career as an investment banker, Mr. Song has executed over a billion dollars in public offerings, private placements, cross border mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings transactions. Mr. Song received a B.S. Degree from the School of Management at Boston University.

Marc C. Bergschneider

Managing Member

STARBOARD CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a Director of JPC Holdings, LLC and chairs the Board of Managers of CV Properties, LLC. Marc was a past Chairman of WHI Solutions, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Jan-Pro Holdings, LLC. Prior to co-founding Starboard, Marc was Chairman and CEO of National Fairways, LLC. Earlier in his career, Marc was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham, Lehman Brothers, and Kidder Peabody. Marc graduated with a BA from Brown University and has a MBA from The University of Chicago. He is currently a Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, Chairman of the Brown University Rowing Association, and is a past director of the National Rowing Foundation.

Sponsors

Citrin Cooperman is a leading accounting, tax and advisory services firm with offices in New York City (the firm’s headquarters), Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Connecticut, and Westchester. The firm was founded in 1979 by Joel Cooperman and Niles

Citrin Cooperman is a leading accounting, tax and advisory services firm with offices in New York City (the firm’s headquarters), Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Connecticut, and Westchester. The firm was founded in 1979 by Joel Cooperman and Niles Citrin and today is the 22nd largest accounting and consulting firm in the United States of America. Our Private Equity practice provides strategic guidance to private equity funds, sponsors, portfolio companies, and venture capital and buyout firms throughout the entire fund cycle. We steer all aspects of fund services, transaction advisory services, and portfolio management and compliance through a comprehensive suite of attest, tax, structuring, compliance, valuation, and business advisory services.

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers nationally. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers nationally. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. Pepper’s Funds Services Group is composed of more than 50 lawyers from multiple and diverse practice areas. With judgment honed from representing hundreds of pooled investment vehicles over more than two decades, we have helped both U.S. and international funds and their sponsors, managers, advisers and investors define and achieve their goals. The Funds Services Group is a core component of the firm’s Investment Funds Industry Group, which is an interdisciplinary industry group comprised of more than 60 lawyers nationwide who focus their practices in areas vital to the success of all types of investment funds throughout their entire life cycle, including with respect to formation, transactional and investment, operational, and regulatory and compliance matters. The Fund Services Group within IFIG includes experienced investment management, corporate and securities lawyers, seasoned regulatory lawyers (including veterans of the asset management industry, the SEC, FINRA, the United States Department of Justice and other agencies), and tax and employee benefits lawyers, who regularly work with the issues that arise from different fund structures, different fund strategies and different investor bases.

CohnReznick LLP is one of the top accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the United States, combining the deep resources of a national firm with the hands-on, agile approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. With diverse industry expertise,

CohnReznick LLP is one of the top accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the United States, combining the deep resources of a national firm with the hands-on, agile approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. With diverse industry expertise, the Firm provides companies with the insight and experience to help them break through and seize growth opportunities. The Firm, with origins dating back to 1919, is headquartered in New York, NY with 2,700 employees in offices nationwide. CohnReznick is a member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy, tax, and business advisors. For more information, visit www.cohnreznick.com.

One of Benesch’s core competencies is the representation of private equity firms, including leverage buyout firms, growth equity firms, mezzanine funds, and portfolio companies located both domestically and off shore, in the acquisition, financing,

One of Benesch’s core competencies is the representation of private equity firms, including leverage buyout firms, growth equity firms, mezzanine funds, and portfolio companies located both domestically and off shore, in the acquisition, financing, operation and ultimate disposition of their assets and in the formation and ongoing operation of the fund itself. And Benesch has translated this skill to the representation of family offices directly investing in private companies. We work with independent sponsors and help them with family offices and PE firms who offer reasonable terms. Often times we add to the independent sponsors additional funders. And we work with them on a flexible basis.

Benesch has advised on the purchase of many family-owned or other non-sponsored owned businesses and understands the complexity of those purchases as often times the seller is not sure it wants to sell if in an auction or not. We have also represented large non-sponsored businesses that have determined to sell to a family office or a private equity firm. As we all know, family offices have taken the lead in many instances in leaving a blind pool investment and either relying on their own team to find the right investment or relying on independent sponsors. We understand that dynamic very well. And we also understand the terms that a family office should be negotiating with an independent sponsor that brings the office an attractive target.

Finn Dixon & Herling LLP is a business law firm with a principal focus on the needs and objectives of buyers, sellers and investors in business transactions. Due to our continuous involvement in domestic and foreign private equity transactions over the

Finn Dixon & Herling LLP is a business law firm with a principal focus on the needs and objectives of buyers, sellers and investors in business transactions. Due to our continuous involvement in domestic and foreign private equity transactions over the past 29 years, we have been on both sides of the table repeatedly, and understand the concerns of both independent sponsors and the equity sources (such as committed funds, family offices and/or “stables” of investors) that they partner with. As a result, we are able to help nail down deal terms between the independent sponsor and their equity partners, and then pivot and efficiently achieve client objectives across the continuum from deal closing to add-ons and refinancings to ultimate sale. Our investment management and broker-dealer teams provide targeted advice regarding the ever-increasing regulatory burden affecting independent sponsors, committed funds and family offices alike. Our tax, benefits and executive compensation teams all provide focused, customized support. And, our litigationteam regularly handles post-acquisition disputes such as working capital disputes, claims against representations and warranties insurance policies and full-blown deal litigation.

Price Benowitz LLP is a national full service law firm that offers a suite of legal services, including corporate and securities, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, trade compliance, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, and

Price Benowitz LLP is a national full service law firm that offers a suite of legal services, including corporate and securities, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, trade compliance, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, and business succession and estate planning. Price Benowitz offers general corporate representation as well as strategic transactional and compliance services. Price Benowitz LLP serves clients nationwide from its offices in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. For more information, please visit our website http://transactionalgroup.com/.

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For real estate professionals, The News Funnel saves time by eliminating the need to search for relevant news. We gather trade news and

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BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions, is a leading research based provider of information services to the alternative investment industry. Barclay began publishing fund data for CTAs and hedge funds in 1989 and currently maintains data on more than

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Richard M. Powell

Mr. Powell is the Co-Founder and Sr. Managing Director of APC Holdings (APCH). The firm’s portfolio companies, current and prior, have been recognized as leaders in a variety of supply chain sectors, and generate annual revenues in excess of US $2.0 billion and employ over 10,000 people around the globe. One of the companies grew from $70 million in revenue upon acquisition to $1.4 billion in less than 6 years, making it the fastest growing billion-dollar MBE built by minority owners and executives, in US history. Prior to forming APC in 2003, Mr. Powell worked in the Emerging Markets Group at Bear Stearns. Mr. Powell’s key strengths include raising capital, selling to large corporations, board level management and e-business strategies. He has worked on a variety of transactions including: Leveraged Buyouts, Debt Financings, Initial Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Equity & Credit Derivatives. Mr. Powell is also Chairman of The RMP Group, and oversees the strategic vision for the firm’s diverse philanthropic interests. Mr. Powell currently serves on a number of boards, including Acility LLC, eServices LLC, VMBS, and ACG Orlando. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Central Florida, the Andover Alumni Association and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He was named one of the “40 under 40” influential leaders in mergers & acquisitions by the M&A Advisor, and was featured in various business media outlets including CNBC, Inc. magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2009) in recognition of his commitment to positive social change. Mr. Powell graduated with an AB in Economics from Harvard University, as a Robert Winthrop Scholar. He has done research with Professor Jeffrey Sachs on Economic Development, completed coursework at MIT Sloan and management programs at Harvard Business School.

David Panton

CEO

PANTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS

Dr. David Panton has 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience and has sourced, structured, managed,

Dr. David Panton has 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience and has sourced, structured, managed, and/or invested in over 20 lower middle market transactions with a total enterprise value of over $5.0 billion. He started his career as an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) group at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1998, he co-founded and became managing partner of the Caribbean Investment Fund, a $50 million private equity firm in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2004, David became a vice president of Mellon Ventures, the $1.4 billion private equity firm arm of Mellon Financial. In 2007, he co-founded and was a partner of Navigation Capital Partners, a $350 million private equity firm in Atlanta, where he remains a shareholder.

David is an Adjunct Professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he teaches a course in private equity investing. He is also the Chairman of the Jamaica-Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Board of Trustees of Holy Innocent’s Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA; and a director of the Carlos Museum at Emory.

David is a member of Tiger 21, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2012). He was named by Buyouts Magazine as “One of Eight Buyout Pros Under 40 to Watch” and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the “40 Under 40″ Rising Stars.

He received a D.Phil. in Management Studies from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar; a J.D. from Harvard Law School (with honors), where he was elected President of the Harvard Law Review; and an A.B. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (with high honors). He also holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a public company director credentialing organization.

David was born and raised in Jamaica, where he served as a Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. He is the proud father of two sons, Alexander and Ailan.

David Acharya

Partner

AGI PARTNERS LLC

David Acharya is a Partner at AGI Partners LLC, an alternative investment management firm that deploys capital in

David Acharya is a Partner at AGI Partners LLC, an alternative investment management firm that deploys capital in private equity investments and special situation opportunities from its funds. In 2014, AGI earned ACG NY’s Private Equity Firm of the Year and was a Deal of the Year Finalist. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of Aura XM, Inc., a leading provider of experiential marketing solutions for global clients and a portfolio company of AGI Partners LLC. Prior to his private equity investing career, he spent 10 years as an investment banker in the highly ranked leveraged finance groups of JP Morgan Chase and Toronto Dominion Securities where he advised, structured and raised over $18 billion of capital for leading financial sponsors, media, telecom, consumer product and other various companies across the globe. He also advised clients on debt tender/consent transactions that affected over $4 billion in debt. Mr. Acharya is a Board Member of the ACG NY Chapter, the premier association in New York City for middle market deal making professionals. Also, he is a member of the Advisory Board of The Sport Source. Mr. Acharya holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees, both conferred with honors, from St. John’s University.

Baron Carlson

Partner

AEA INVESTORS

Baron joined AEA in 2004 as a member of the Small Business Fund team and was promoted to Partner in 2011. He currently

Baron joined AEA in 2004 as a member of the Small Business Fund team and was promoted to Partner in 2011. He currently serves as a board member of Aramsco, Colony Hardware, Dayton Parts, Evans, Fluid Flow, Galco, SBP and Troxell Communications. He also served on the boards of former AEA portfolio companies Implus Footcare, In the Swim, PLZ Aeroscience and Sextant Education.

Mark G. Fornasiero

Managing Partner

CLARENDON GROUP

Mark co-founded Clarendon Group in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member,

Mark co-founded Clarendon Group in 1998. He has over 25 years’ experience as a principal investor, board member, C-level executive, and management consultant focused on the transportation and logistics market space. Mark has sourced six Clarendon investments, and those that have been divested have produced a combined IRR over 35%. Mark conceived RoadLink, an intermodal logistics consolidation vehicle, as Clarendon’s first investment and worked with his Clarendon partners to organize and co-found the company in 2000. Following RoadLink’s formation, he guided the investment as a RoadLink board member and shareholder representative and served as CFO/SVP Finance & Acquisitions, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Strategy Officer during his tenure. Over the course of his decade of RoadLink involvement, Mark executed over 25 acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and debt/equity financings comprising over $350 million of transaction value. Before launching Clarendon, Mark was a senior manager in the Transportation Management Consulting Practice of A.T. Kearney, where he led engagements in strategic development, M&A and profit improvement for transportation and private equity clients. Mark received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received a BS in Operations Research and BA in Economics from Cornell University where he graduated with highest honors.

Dan Negrea

Dan Negrea is a managing partner with MTN Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Negrea co-founded MTN Capital Partners in 2003 and the firm began investing in 2004. Since then, MTN and its portfolio companies have been involved in acquisitions totaling over $500 million.

Before MTN, Mr. Negrea was an investment banker for 20 years. He held senior positions in leveraged finance at Drexel Burnham, Bear Stearns, Chase Securities, and ING Barings. At ING Barings, he served as head of high yield capital markets

During his career, Mr. Negrea worked with companies in almost every industry and has raised over $15 billion in capital through a variety of financial instruments including high yield bonds, senior secured notes, bank loans, mezzanine loans, and equity securities.

Mr. Negrea is a director of two MTN portfolio companies: Revolution Dancewear and JSI Store Fixtures. He is a former director of The Orthotic Group and Kings Supermarkets.

Mr. Negrea has an M.B.A. from Cornell University and an M.A. in International Finance from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Douglas Song

Managing Partner

PRODOS CAPITAL

Mr. Song has a diverse background with over 25 years in principal investments, investment banking and operational

Mr. Song has a diverse background with over 25 years in principal investments, investment banking and operational experience. Mr. Song is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Prodos Capital Management (“PCM”), an investment firm focused on investmentsin the lower middle market. Prior to PCM, Mr. Song was the head of investments and corporate finance for Verus International, a boutique merchant banking firm that was co-founded by Citigroup. At Verus, Mr. Song led investments in both private and public companies in the emerging growth and middle market. Prior to Verus, Mr. Song was SVP of Corporate Development at On2 Technologies. At On2, Mr. Song led all aspects of strategic planning, financial analysis, mergers & acquisitions, financings and the capital markets. Prior to joining On2, Song was a Managing Director at Bluestone Capital Partners, where he was a senior banker and a manager in that firm's Corporate Finance Department. At BlueStone, Mr. Song was responsible for the execution of public offerings and private placements as well as merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Song was a member of BlueStone's Management Committee and Commitment Committee. Previously, he held positions as an investment banker at Smith Barney in the Global Energy and Power Group and Chase Manhattan Bank in the Workout and M&A Groups. During his career as an investment banker, Mr. Song has executed over a billion dollars in public offerings, private placements, cross border mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings transactions. Mr. Song received a B.S. Degree from the School of Management at Boston University.

Dan Farrell

Chairman & CEO

PRIVOS CAPITAL

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global multi-family office LP (MFO) with offices in the

Mr. Farrell is the Chairman & CEO of Privos Capital, a global multi-family office LP (MFO) with offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Privos partners with single family offices, multi-family offices, Arab merchant families, and royal family offices, their funds, foundations, asset management firms, and portfolio companies, in all leading international financial centers, as well as in the BRICS, N-11, and the Frontier Countries of the Emerging Markets. Privos Capital’s core business is working with our firm’s family office LP partners on all aspects of their world-wide investments and expansionist activities by entering into strategic alliances, joint ventures, direct and co-investment opportunities with other international family office LPs around the world. We are active across most sectors, including financial services, fashion, art, real estate, energy (oil and gas, LNG, LPG, wind, solar, and alternative energy), healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, aviation, consumer products, manufacturing, maritime, shipping, technology, mining, metals, power, private equity, sovereigns, media, technology, agriculture, and infrastructure. In Los Angeles, we focus on entertainment, gaming, and film financing. Our London offices serves as the hub for our European and Arab family offices. Privos is a fiercely independent and privately held firm. We do not manage money, nor do we sell or market investment products, securities, or fund products. Rather, as family office LP investors, we work globally with our family office partners (SFO, MFO, HNWI, UHNWI) who are invested across diverse classes, including private equity, secondaries, hedge funds, distressed, and venture capital, as well as foundations, philanthropy, ESG, SRI and impact investors. Mr. Farrell has lived and worked in the US, London, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a thought leader and one of the leading experts on global family offices. Mr. Farrell is a frequent sought after speaker at international private equity, hedge fund, ESG, and family office conferences around the world, including Opal, Capital Roundtable, AVCJ Hong Kong and the Harvard Club in New York City, Responsible Investor, IMN, and IvyFon. He has been featured and quoted extensively in Bloomberg.com and the financial press. Prior to joining Privos, Mr. Farrell was a partner at an international law firm. Mr. Farrell is based in the firm’s New York office. He is married with four sons two of whom attend Phillips Exeter Academy, where Mr. Farrell has served as a mentor and student club advisor.

Marc C. Bergschneider

Managing Member

STARBOARD CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a

Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a Director of JPC Holdings, LLC and chairs the Board of Managers of CV Properties, LLC. Marc was a past Chairman of WHI Solutions, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Jan-Pro Holdings, LLC. Prior to co-founding Starboard, Marc was Chairman and CEO of National Fairways, LLC. Earlier in his career, Marc was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham, Lehman Brothers, and Kidder Peabody. Marc graduated with a BA from Brown University and has a MBA from The University of Chicago. He is currently a Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, Chairman of the Brown University Rowing Association, and is a past director of the National Rowing Foundation.

Richard Erickson

Co-Founder

RED OAK GROWTH PARTNERS

Richard Erickson is a Founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Growth Partners. A proven technology executive and

Richard Erickson is a Founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Growth Partners. A proven technology executive and investor with almost 30 years of experience, Richard previously served as a General Partner with Updata Partners, a $450 million growth equity investment fund focused on market leading software, internet and business services companies. While at Updata, he was involved in a host of investments including serving on the Board of Directors for Acclaris, Jobs2Web (sold to SAP/Successfactors), Redvision, Interactions and RES Software. He currently serves as the Chairman of Acuant and on the Board of Directors for NexusTek and Clarke Group. Prior to Updata Partners, Rich held numerous positions as a technology executive over a 20 year plus operating career at industry leading public and private Software and Services companies including Alphanet Solutions (ALPH-NASDAQ) – sold to Ciber (CBR-NYSE) in 2003, iXL (IXL-NASDAQ) – sold to Scient (SCNT-NASDAQ) in 2001, Excelan (EXLN-NASDAQ), and Digital Network Associates. These deep operating experiences as an entrepreneur, senior executive and CEO provide a unique perspective in adding value to high growth companies. Rich graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Justin Kaplan

Partner

BALANCE POINT CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Kaplan joined BPCP as a Partner in 2013. Prior to joining BPCP, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President for BNY

Mr. Kaplan joined BPCP as a Partner in 2013. Prior to joining BPCP, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President for BNY Mellon Alcentra Mezzanine Partners, where he was responsible for transaction sourcing, deal execution and the monitoring of portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan was a member of the investment committee and served on the boards of directors of several portfolio companies. Mr. Kaplan began his career in the investment banking group of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, an independent investment bank and private equity fund specializing in the media industry, where he completed more than 25 corporate finance and private equity related transactions totaling over $2.0 billion in aggregate deal value. Mr. Kaplan received his B.A. from Cornell University and was awarded a Cornell Fellowship Scholarship.

Dave Jensen

Director

COMMONFUND CAPITAL

Mr. Jensen, Director, joined Commonfund Capital in 2013 to work primarily on the firm’s U.S. private equity programs,

Mr. Jensen, Director, joined Commonfund Capital in 2013 to work primarily on the firm’s U.S. private equity programs, while also contributing to the Latin America, venture capital, natural resources, and distressed capital teams. He is presently a member of the advisory boards of several private capital limited partnerships. Prior to joining Commonfund Capital, Mr. Jensen was a Vice President at Portfolio Advisors, LLC, a global private equity fund-of-funds and advisory firm based in Darien, CT. During his tenure at Portfolio Advisors, he served as a non- voting supporting member of the Partnership’s Investment Committee and conducted due diligence, recommended, and invested in private capital funds including private equity, venture capital, and special situations/distressed debt opportunities in developed and emerging markets. Mr. Jensen was a member of the Emerging Markets team and led all Latin American investment activities. Previously, Mr. Jensen was a Summer Associate for Morgan Stanley’s Private Bank in New York City and Pelion Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Prior to his M.B.A., he worked in the medical device industry for Stryker Endoscopy and played professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals organization. Mr. Jensen received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University.

James Darnell

Partner

KLH CAPITAL

James, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions, due diligence,

James, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions, due diligence, financial analysis, and portfolio management at KLH Capital. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and is responsible for all SBIC compliance. He serves on the board of directors for all KLH portfolio companies and is directly responsible for overseeing Data Display Systems and Atchafalaya Measurement, Inc. Before joining KLH, he served as CFO and interim CEO at Recovery Holdings, LLC, a BPO provider to banks and auto finance companies. Earlier, James spent more than five years as a senior associate with Founders Investment Banking. James graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Finance and a minor in Economics.

Steven Beckett

Steven Beckett is a partner at Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, a mezzanine and structured equity investment firm founded in 1995, that is currently investing capital from its $400 million Fund VI. Mr. Beckett joined Peninsula shortly after its founding and is responsible for originating and managing investments. He has been involved in all of its 100 investments that total over $1 billion and has been the lead investment professional over 30 investments. Prior to joining Peninsula, he worked as a senior lender, specializing in loan restructurings and work outs for Societe Generale and Citibank. He has Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic and an MBA from Duke University.

Richard Baum

Managing Partner

CONSUMER GROWTH PARTNERS

Mr. Baum is the Managing Partner of Consumer Growth Partners (CGP), a private equity investment and advisory firm with

Mr. Baum is the Managing Partner of Consumer Growth Partners (CGP), a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and branded consumer products companies. Prior to founding CGP in 2005, Mr. Baum spent more than fifteen years as a sell-side equity research analyst with Sanford Bernstein, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse where he was consistently ranked among the industry leaders in the annual Institutional Investor and Greenwich Associates polls. Mr. Baum led fifteen IPO and Secondary offerings for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Cabela’s, Fila, Gymboree, Life Time Fitness, Talbots, Urban Outfitters, Yankee Candle Company and Zale Corporation.

Mr. Baum serves as Chairman of the Board of Harris Originals, Inc. and as a Board Director for Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA). He is also a Board Member of ACG New York and RMS (formerly the Retail Marketing Society.) Mr. Baum earned a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan where he graduated magna cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a JD degree from Harvard Law School.

Ira Starr

Partner

LONG POINT CAPITAL

Ira co-founded Long Point Capital in 1998 to focus on private equity investments in founder and family-owned companies.

Ira co-founded Long Point Capital in 1998 to focus on private equity investments in founder and family-owned companies. He has served as a general partner of four private equity funds and has provided M&A advisory services on transactions with total values of over $5 billion. In addition to managing multiple private equity funds, Ira has operated as an independent sponsor and understand the advantages and challenges of the independent sponsor business model.

Ira is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on the use of private equity in ESOP transactions, and on private equity investing in the building products, home products and professional services industries.

Prior to MLGA, Ira served as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and as a strategy consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Ira earned a BSE in Engineering from Princeton University, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ira works in Lon Point Capital’s New York office and can be reached at 212-593-1800 or istarr@longpointcapital.com.

Christopher B. Eichmann

Managing Partner

PILLSMAN PARTNERS

Chris has worked with lower middle-market owners and companies for his entire career in multiple capacities, industries

Chris has worked with lower middle-market owners and companies for his entire career in multiple capacities, industries and geographies. He is currently active on the board of directors of Squan, SST Conveyor, and Bristol ID Technologies. Prior to starting Pillsman Partners, LLC, Chris led corporate development and strategic finance at Curtis Instruments, a global designer and assembler of power management and industrial vehicle components, while participating in all aspects of company operations and strategy. At Curtis he led bank and investor relationships, oversaw acquisition development, and managed new partnerships. Chris also initiated several leadership development programs as part of a broader succession planning effort. Prior to Curtis, Chris worked in domestic private equity at Hamilton Robinson, focused on originating investments in and around industrial instrumentation and fluid control markets. Earlier in his career he worked in Latin American private equity, banking (credit and lending), and asset management for Baring Private Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase, and Compass Group Chile. Chris's industry experience includes business services, highly engineered products and processes, light manufacturing, consumer products, and food.

Mr. Eichmann earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in Finance and Management. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Lake Forest College.

Steven Marcus

Managing Member

RAINBOW CAPITAL

Steven Marcus is the founder and Managing Director of Rainbow Capital, LLC, a financial sponsor of “control” only

Steven Marcus is the founder and Managing Director of Rainbow Capital, LLC, a financial sponsor of “control” only private equity transactions with “early” middle market companies. The firm was founded in 2002 and to date has completed two acquisitions: (1) - the buyout of a distributor of industrial packaging products located in New Jersey (exited in 2014) and (2) – the purchase of an extruder and fabricator of aluminum products located in New England. In addition, Rainbow Capital initiated a growth financing for a New England based formalwear rental business. Prior to his private equity endeavors Mr. Marcus worked in the High Yield Bond market for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Smith Barney, Inc., PaineWebber, Inc. and L.F. Rothschild, Inc. Mr. Marcus holds an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. in Accounting from the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University.

Michael Carrazza

Chief Executive Officer

SOLAIA CAPITAL ADVISORS

Mr. Carrazza is Chief Executive Officer of Solaia Capital. He has more than 20 years of operating and investing

Mr. Carrazza is Chief Executive Officer of Solaia Capital. He has more than 20 years of operating and investing experience and is most recently credited for having architected the rescue and turnaround of Patriot National Bank, and the relaunch of The Bank of Ireland’s former U.S. Asset-Based Lending business as Siena Lending Group. Mr. Carrazza has sponsored transactions in the financial services, industrial, manufacturing, business services, equipment rental, media, technology, and aviation sectors. Previously, Mr. Carrazza led the financing and restructuring of Mitchell Madison Group and served on the firm’s Executive Team, where he assisted in the firm’s global expansion and subsequent sale. He began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mr. Carrazza currently serves as Chairman of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. and Siena Capital Finance. He earned his MBA in Finance from The Stern School of Business at New York University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and studied at The Juilliard School.

Michael J. Revord

Managing Director

ALDINE CAPITAL PARTNERS

Mr. Revord is a founding member of Aldine Capital Partners, Inc. the Manager of two junior capital Funds with a total

Mr. Revord is a founding member of Aldine Capital Partners, Inc. the Manager of two junior capital Funds with a total of over $275 million under management. Prior to founding Aldine Capital Partners in 2005, Mr. Revord was a senior executive with Banc One Mezzanine Corporation (“BOMC”), the mezzanine finance arm of Bank One. In 1997, Mr. Revord was named President of ANB Mezzanine, the predecessor company to BOMC. Mr. Revord serves on the Board of Directors of KW Services LLC, Lanair Products LLC, Quality Control Corporation, Brunk LLC, and Design Tanks, LLC. He is also a former two-term Board Member of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (now the Small Business Investors Alliance). He is involved in community activities as an Active Member of The Springboard Foundation, as a Board Member of LINK Unlimited Scholars, and is involved with The Gift of Adoption Fund.

Nitin Gupta

Partner

CASPIAN PRIVATE EQUITY

Mr. Gupta is a Partner. He serves as Caspian’s lead investment professional for direct investments and is a member of

Mr. Gupta is a Partner. He serves as Caspian’s lead investment professional for direct investments and is a member of its Investment and Executive Committees. Mr. Gupta joined Caspian in 2008. Prior to Caspian, Mr. Gupta was a Principal at Westbury Partners. At Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence and serving on the board of portfolio companies. Prior to Westbury Partners, Mr. Gupta was a Senior Associate at Saunders Karp & Megrue, where he was responsible for due diligence, with a particular focus on healthcare and retail investments. Prior to Saunders Karp & Megrue, Mr. Gupta was an Associate at McCown De Leeuw & Company, where he was responsible for due diligence and, buy and build strategy across a number of industries including business services, industrial, and manufacturing. Prior to McCown DeLeeuw & Company, Mr. Gupta was an analyst in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch & Company where he completed a number of buy-side transactions for certain Fortune 500 companies. He earned his BS at New York University and MBA at Harvard Business School. Mr. Gupta serves as a Board member/observer for Red Hawk Fire and Security, OnCourse Learning and Foundation Partners, each a portfolio company of a fund(s) managed by Caspian.

Kevin Fechtmeyer

Managing Partner

CAVE CREEK CAPITAL

Mr. Fechtmeyer is a Founder and Managing Partner of Cave Creek Capital with over 25 years of experience in the Private

Mr. Fechtmeyer is a Founder and Managing Partner of Cave Creek Capital with over 25 years of experience in the Private Equity business. Mr. Fechtmeyer has funded more than 30 platform companies with more than $1 billion of equity and has completed hundreds of acquisitions during his career, resulting in average sales and profit growth of the companies during his ownership of over 300%. Previously, he was with The Shattan Group, a leading merchant bank focused on private equity placements and manager of TSG Co-Investors LLC, an affiliated private equity fund. He was also a Founding Member of the Private Equity placement groups at Prudential Securities, Inc. and Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. Mr. Fechtmeyer began his career in Merrill Lynch Capital Market’s Merchant Banking Department. He was previously an auditor and CPA at Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Fechtmeyer graduated from the University of Arizona in 1985 and received his MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in 1989.

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb

Partner

CENTRIPETAL CAPITAL PARTNERS

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb has over 35 years of experience developing, implementing and financing growth and turnaround

Jeffrey I. Brodlieb has over 35 years of experience developing, implementing and financing growth and turnaround strategies for companies ranging from small and medium sized enterprises to Fortune 100 companies. After graduating from Brown University, Mr. Brodlieb began his career in 1973 as a financial analyst for Chase Manhattan bank. He subsequently joined a NY area retail furniture chain as Vice President of Finance and Operations in which position he streamlined operations and implemented several successful customer retention and cost reduction programs. In 1977, Mr. Brodlieb left that firm to pursue an MBA at the Harvard Business School. After receiving his degree, Mr. Brodlieb joined American Television and Communications (a division of Time Inc.) in 1980 and launched PREVIEW, a subscription television company, which under his leadership became the nation’s fastest growing subscription television operation. In 1982, he created and started The Learning Adventure (TLA), a Boston-based educational network offering mini-courses to the young professional market in New England. Mr. Brodlieb, in 1985 having sold TLA, joined the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s foremost management consulting firms. At BCG, Mr. Brodlieb worked with clients to improve corporate value and competitiveness, focusing on strategic management, customer service operations and new ventures to middle market clients. In 1988, he was recruited by GE Capital as part of a newly created turnaround buyout group, which called upon Mr. Brodlieb’ s combined experience in strategy, operations and finance. Mr. Brodlieb returned to independent consulting and private investment advisory in 1992 as well as participating as principal in entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Brodlieb joined SGC Advisory Services in 2001 and became a Director in 2002. Together with SGC’s founder Steven Chrust, he created and launched Centripetal Capital Partners in 2004, joining forces with E. Bulkeley “Buck” Griswold and Steve Rossetter of L&L Capital. Since that time Centripetal Capital (www.CentriCap.com) has invested over $95 million of growth capital to early stage companies in a broad range of industries providing opportunity to entrepreneurs, jobs to talented people, quality goods and services to consumers and businesses and return to investors.

Steve Reinstadtler

Partner

SR CAPITAL ADVISORS

SR Capital Advisors is an independent sponsor of private equity investments with a focus on the media,

SR Capital Advisors is an independent sponsor of private equity investments with a focus on the media, telecommunications, health care and business services sectors. To learn more about SR Capital, please visit www.sr-capital.com.

Prior to co-founding SR Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was Managing Director and Co-Head of TD Capital’s New York office. TD Capital was the $1.9B private equity arm of TD Bank Financial Group. Prior to joining TD Capital, Mr. Reinstadtler was a Director with TD Bank’s Communications Finance Group, which was one of the leading providers of senior debt to the media and telecommunications sectors.

Mr. Reinstadtler holds a Masters of Science from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Michael A. Teplitsky

Managing Director

WYNNCHURCH CAPITAL

Michael Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch Capital in 2008. Michael has over a decade of experience in private equity

Michael Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch Capital in 2008. Michael has over a decade of experience in private equity investing and corporate finance, as well as in investment origination and portfolio management. Michael focuses on the diversified industries sector including business services, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and natural resources. He has significant experience in energy and power services and equipment industries. Michael was involved in the execution of several Wynnchurch investments including NSC Minerals, Northstar Aerospace, U.S. Pipe, and Votaw Precision Technologies. Michael also supports Wynnchurch’s investment into Wynnchurch Industries, a diversified holding company deploying a “buy, grow, and hold” strategy in the engineered industrial products segment. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Michael was with Lime Rock Partners, the $6 billion global private equity fund, where he was involved in the execution of numerous basic materials sector investments across North America and Europe. Michael began his career at UBS in its Investment Banking Department in New York, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions and financings across various industries. Michael holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management.

Monty Yort

Managing Partner

GenNX360 CAPITAL PARTNERS

Monty has been a private equity investor for over 20 years. Targeting the middle market, he has led numerous

Monty has been a private equity investor for over 20 years. Targeting the middle market, he has led numerous acquisitions and recapitalizations totaling over $3 billion. Monty is currently a Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners responsible for all investment activities of the firm. Prior to GenNx360, Monty was a Managing Partner of Schroder Ventures (New York) and a Principal of Aurora Capital Group (Los Angeles). Prior to this, Monty worked in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers Inc.

John A. Rogers

Partner

PEPPER HAMILTON LLP

John A. Rogers is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the New

John A. Rogers is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the New York office. Mr. Rogers engages in a broad range of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund transactional matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, investments, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and CLOs. In addition to working with traditional private equity funds, Mr. Rogers has developed a specific suite of legal services for independent private equity sponsors that revolves around: • cost-efficient, partner-level single point of interaction for all facets of a transaction, including acquisition, operating agreement and financing elements • experience with the dynamics of family-owned businesses and closely held companies • high level contributions to deal execution, including preparing working capital adjustments and earn-out structures, modeling distribution waterfalls and reviewing debt covenant compliance projections. Mr. Rogers also serves as a primary corporate legal adviser to middle market companies. Acting as an outsourced general counsel or supplementing in-house capabilities, he handles a wide range of strategic and commercial legal matters, such as commercial agreements (including license agreements), resolution of commercial disputes and a wide variety of employment and compensation matters. Mr. Rogers also has significant experience in several other corporate areas, such as fund formations, real estate joint ventures and business divorces.

Prior to joining Pepper, Mr. Rogers was a partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York where he led their private equity efforts. He also helped co-found a premier Family Office Practice at Herrick and is an active participant in the family office community. Mr. Rogers began his legal career at Shearman & Sterling LLP as a member of their capital markets group, focusing on securities offerings and, subsequently, as a member of their M&A group. He also worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP, focusing on representation of venture capital firms and companies in the technology, media, life sciences and entertainment industries. Mr. Rogers served as an editorial board member of the 2010-2011 Thomson Reuters PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study. Mr. Rogers earned his law degree, cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law in 1996 and his B.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1992. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Sylvie Gadant

Partner – Transaction Advisory Services

CITRIN COOPERMAN

Sylvie Gadant is a partner with the firm’s Private Equity Group and is the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS)

Sylvie Gadant is a partner with the firm’s Private Equity Group and is the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice leader. She coordinates and leads buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements for private equity firms and strategic buyers. Sylvie has advised clients on over 200 transactions valued between $5 million and $300 million, including platform investments, add-on acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, carve-outs, and minority investments. Her areas of expertise include analyzing an acquisition target’s quality of earnings, understanding key performance indicators, assessing working capital requirements, and identifying key deal issues and risk areas. She also provides her clients with guidance on accounting for mergers and acquisitions, and works with legal counsel on the drafting of purchase and sale agreements, focusing on purchase price adjustment mechanisms, and financial statement representations. Sylvie is a frequent speaker, panelist and moderator for various industry forums. Sylvie is a recipient of the 2013 M&A Advisor “40 Under 40” award. A French native, Sylvie earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business in Bordeaux, France. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the States of New York and New Jersey.

Claudine M. Cohen

Principal - Transactional Advisory Services

COHNREZNICK LLP

Claudine Cohen is a principal in CohnReznick’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Transactional Advisory

Claudine Cohen is a principal in CohnReznick’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Transactional Advisory Services (TAS) practice. With over 20 years of business experience, she serves as an advisor to public and private companies both domestically and internationally. Her clients include private equity investors, alternative investment funds, lenders, and strategic investors.

Claudine’s specific advisory services include strategic advisory, quality of earnings analyses, identifying revenue sources and profitability drivers, examining operating cost structures and sustainability factors, investigating business models including cash flow and financial projections, reviewing quality and realization of assets and liabilities, identifying working capital requirements and negotiating positions, and post-close working capital verification and adjustment mechanisms. She has advised on a number of different buy and sell-side transactions including standalone platforms, carve-out of business segments, product line or facility, bankruptcy auction processes, mergers, and industry consolidations.

Prior to joining CohnReznick, Claudine served as the TAS principal at a large accounting and advisory firm. She led the TAS healthcare industry group while also serving other industry sectors including consumer industrial products, retail, distribution, and business and financial services. She began her career in public accounting with PKF, was an advisor for Micofin Corporate Services, and was a founding partner of Nucleus Corporate Finance, a corporate and strategic advisory boutique in South Africa.

Charles J. Downey

Partner

FINN DIXON & HERLING

Chuck Downey practices in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, among other areas

Chuck Downey practices in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, among other areas of corporate law. He also represents hedge funds and other entities in connection with securities law issues, PIPE transactions and other matters.

Jim Hill

Jim Hill is the Vice Chairman of Benesch, Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group, an Executive Committee Member and

Jim Hill is the Vice Chairman of Benesch, Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group, an Executive Committee Member and an active and practicing member of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Jim also served as Benesch's Managing Partner from 1999-2007 and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He focuses his active practice on publicly and privately held growth companies in addition to representing equity funds, mezzanine funds and family offices. He primarily handles mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of equity, and public and private offerings of debt. He also works with companies as to strategies both for organic and acquisitive growth and potential exit or recapitalization; whether they are sponsored or nonsponsored as to ownership. He enjoys working with family owned businesses as he grew up in a family owned building materials manufacturing business.

Sedic Ampanas

Transactional Advisory Services- Director

COHNREZNICK LLP

Sedic Ampanas, CPA, a director with CohnReznick’s Transactional Advisory Services group. In this capacity, he is

Sedic Ampanas, CPA, a director with CohnReznick’s Transactional Advisory Services group. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the financial due diligence efforts, representing potential buyers and sellers. Areas of due diligence include assessment of quality of earnings, identification of non-recurring items to earnings, working capital analyses and performance of other deal specific procedures. He also has experience preparing and reviewing financial projections and analyzed financial models.

Sedic has more than seventeen years of due diligence and audit experience in various industries including manufacturing and distribution, trucking and third-party logistics, broker dealers, mortgage originators and other financial services related companies. He has experience evaluating deal issues such as quality of earnings, revenue recognition, working capital determination, carve-out considerations and other purchase price and deal related issues.

Joel Nied

Partner

PRICE BENOWITZ LLP

Joel advises independent sponsors on all aspects of their business, from the founder relationships, to acquisitions and

Joel advises independent sponsors on all aspects of their business, from the founder relationships, to acquisitions and divestitures, to investor negotiations for both debt and equity financing. Industry agnostic, Mr. Nied has handled the acquisition and sale of a wide variety of businesses, including real estate-heavy long term care, SAAS providers, medical products, medical device manufacturers, and even a minor league baseball franchise.

He also serves as general counsel to the companies acquired by his clients. He drafts employment agreements and incentive plans, negotiates leases and vendor and customer contracts, and coordinates the services of other legal, accounting, and tax advisers.

Roger Knight

Roger Knight is Managing Partner of Lakewood Capital, a firm specializing in control, middle market private equity investments. Prior to founding Lakewood, Roger was Managing Director of Ardshiel, Inc., a $150 million private equity firm, whose funding was provided by GE Asset Management. Roger is the former Chairman of Eliason Corporation, a $650 million specialty traffic door manufacturer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic Healthcare Services and VSIGlobal, two portfolio companies of Lakewood Capital, and Head of the NY office of Coopers & Lybrand Securities. Roger received his B.A. Economics from Trinity College, and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Zubin Avari

General Partner

CHARTER OAK EQUITY

Zubin has been with Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor fund since 1998. He serves on the boards of Cirtec, Brook

Zubin has been with Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor fund since 1998. He serves on the boards of Cirtec, Brook & Whittle, Shelter Logic, and Sinteris. In his tenure at Charter Oak Equity, Zubin has served various operational roles at portfolio companies including roles such as executive chairman and interim CFO. Prior to joining Charter Oak Equity, he was at Crowe Chizek (now Crowe Horwath) as a CPA in their audit, tax and mergers and acquisition departments. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Accounting